ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,988, issued on March 25.

"Systems and methods for storing, managing, verifying, and accrediting digital data" was invented by Lauretta Zerelda White (Poolesville, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments provide methods and systems for verifying digital data. A method performed by server system to verify the digital data is disclosed. A request is received to verify information associated with a user. The request includes the credentials of the user for a digital platform. It is determined whether the information is present in a database associated with the digital platform. The information is verified by comparing the informa...