ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,556,546, issued on Feb. 17.

"Method for identifying trusted users" was invented by Jonathan Snyder (San Antonio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The following invention is directed towards user identity verification and utilizes enhanced abilities to detect both a user's identity and confirming that the user is in fact a person and not a bot. The device utilizes Universal Unique Identifiers (UUIDs) indicating the device's interaction with the various environmental and electronic devices located around it. These interactions can indicate if a user has human characteristics. As a user interacts with their device and that device interacts wit...