ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,730,871, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to FaceTec Inc. (Las Vegas).

"Method to add remotely collected biometric images / templates to a database record of personal information" was invented by Kevin Alan Tussy (Las Vegas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for authenticating a user in an authentication system using a computing device configured to capture authentication biometric identity information. The authentication biometric identify information captured during an authentication session. The authentication biometric identify information may comprise or be derived from one or more images of the user being authenticat...