ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,423,396, issued on Sept. 23.

"Validating live humans and verifying engagement activity in virtual settings" was invented by Gregory Knox (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates generally to computer-implemented systems and techniques for leveraging a virtual decentralized database to enable user identity authentication and verification of user activity and associated behaviors on open internet and public web-based and native applications. Techniques are disclosed for user identification profile onboarding using biometrics, frictionless CAPTCHA (Completely Automatic Public Turing Tests To Tell Humans An...