ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,299,178, issued on May 13, was assigned to SONY GROUP Corp. (Tokyo).

"Electronic devices for media file verification" was invented by Thomas Dawson (Escondido, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device and a method for implementation for media file verification are disclosed. The electronic device receives first information associated with a first media file from each database of a plurality of databases. Each database of the plurality of databases is associated with a separate entity. The electronic device receives a second media file corresponding to the first media file. The electronic device determines a second infor...