ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,524,576, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to MatrixCare Inc. (Bloomington, Minn.).

"Context-based data validation and entry" was invented by Keegan Duane Dsouza (Ocala, Fla.), Kedar Mangesh Kadam (Nova Scotia, Canada) and Adhiraj Ganpat Prajapati (St. Paul, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques for improved data services are provided. A check-in scan indicating a user device in a medical facility is received, and a medical professional associated with the user device is identified. A patient of the medical facility is identified based at least in part on the check-in scan. Access permission of the medical professional is validat...