ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,682,036, issued on July 14, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA (Torrance, Calif.).

"Verification method, verification device, and program" was invented by Taro Suzuki (Ibaraki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A verification method by a computer includes: accepting information that requires verification of presence of a user in a certain place; designating one or more first devices in the certain place as a verification-use device; notifying verification action information indicating execution guidance for a verification action to the verification-use device; collating information indicative of an ...