US Patent Issued to MasterCard International on Sept. 8 for "Systems and methods for use in biometric-enabled network interactions" (Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,731,144, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to MasterCard International Inc. (Purchase, N.Y.).

"Systems and methods for use in biometric-enabled network interactions" was invented by Patrik Smets (Begijnendijk, Belgium), Florent Hay (Laeken, Belgium) and Eddy Van De Velde (Leuven, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for managing disputes in biometric-enabled network interactions. One example computer-implemented method includes receiving, at a biometric identity switch (BIS), a dispute notification for a biometric-enabled network interaction involving an account of a user, and retrieving biometric data sp...