ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,619,689, issued on May 5, was assigned to Kamanga Labs (Dubai, United Arab Emirates).
"Data watermarking" was invented by Johnathan William Brownlee (Tucson, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for tracking and monitoring the distribution, and consumption of data regardless of format are robust, durable, and can include both human and machine-readable hidden mark data. These extrinsic yet invisible identifiers are tamper resistant and tamper evident, allowing for origin and integrity of valuable data to be ensured. A content management and distributed content distribution network including distributed ledger technology...