ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,886, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to FaceTec Inc. (Las Vegas).

"Method and apparatus for creation and use of digital identification" was invented by Kevin Alan Tussy (Las Vegas) and Josh Rose (Las Vegas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for generating a digital ID comprising capturing one or more user images of user's face, transmitting the one or more user images or data derived therefrom to a verification server and determining if the one or more images represent a live person. Capturing an ID image of a photo identification for the user and transmitting the ID image to the verification server. Comparing at least one of th...