ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,437,108, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to ELSI INC (Edmonton, Canada).

"Devices, systems, and methods for securely storing and managing sensitive information" was invented by Jerry Elford Wolverton (Edmonton, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices, systems, and methods for storing and managing sensitive information in a connected environment are provided. The system comprises a master controller and a sensitive information storage device ("SIS device"). The SIS device has an island that can be activated by user interaction with the SIS device. In general, the island is deactivated by default and when the island is deactivated, sen...