ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,314,287, issued on May 27.

"Method and system for self-aggregation of personal data and control thereof" was invented by Murray B. Wilshinsky (Battle Ground, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes receiving, by a logic layer processor, over a communication network, from a plurality of electronic resources, initial user personal identifiable information (PII) of a user of a plurality of users. The user PII includes a plurality of data elements. The plurality of data elements of the initial PII of the user are classified to populate a profile map data structure having a standardized predefined data schema of a plurality of ...