US Patent Issued to Michael William Hathaway on Oct. 20 for "Method and system for decentralized identity management and data distribution" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,771,559, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Michael William Hathaway (Fredericksburg, Texas).

"Method and system for decentralized identity management and data distribution" was invented by Michael William Hathaway (Fredericksburg, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computing and network system employs decentralized methods to create and maintain digital identities for network connected computing devices and the distribution of information between them on public and private networks. Embodiments enable identities to be authenticated and digitally signed, and shared information to be validated by network services using locally stored ...