US Patent Issued to MasterCard International on Nov. 3 for "Biometrically-enhanced verifiable credentials" (New Hampshire, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,786,186, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to MasterCard International Inc. (Purchase, N.Y.).

"Biometrically-enhanced verifiable credentials" was invented by Przemek Praszczalek (Irvington, N.Y.) and Raman Narayanswamy (Nashua, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Biometrically-enhanced verifiable credentials of an individual. In one embodiment, an electronic device including a biometric capture circuitry, a memory, and an electronic processor. The biometric capture circuitry configured to capture one or more biometrics of an individual. The memory storing a digital identity application. The electronic processor, when executing the digital id...