ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,717,943, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Yoti Holding Ltd. (London).

"Secure capture of a data item at a client device" was invented by Francisco Angel Garcia Rodriguez (London) and Miguel Jimenez (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An obfuscated code package is deployed to a client device to effect secure capture of a data item at the client device. The obfuscated code package has a cryptographic key embedded therein or derivable therefrom, and is configured, when run on a client device, to cause the client device to cause the client device to capture a data item according to the capture algorithm, generate a secure message accord...