US Patent Issued to Bank of America on Nov. 3 for "Authentication of videos using blockchain" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,785,981, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Bank of America Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Authentication of videos using blockchain" was invented by Benjamin F. Tweel (Romeoville, Ill.), Aaliyah Williams (Chicago), Colin Maxwell Behr (Gilberts, Ill.) and Allison Glenn (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A blockchain-based video authentication system ensures the integrity, authenticity, and security of digital video content by integrating cryptographic hashing, dynamic watermarking, AI-driven anomaly detection, and decentralized ledger storage. A video file is processed to generate a cryptographic hash, which is immutably stored in a blockc...