ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,214, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Emovid Corp. (Seattle).

"Authenticity seal for video segments showing a human speaker" was invented by Victor Cho (Burlingame, Calif.), Rupali Pathania (Redmond, Wash.) and Samuel Nathan Brown (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A facility for confirming the authenticity of an audio/video sequence showing a human speaker is described. The facility causes the audio/video sequence to be presented. In connection with presentation of the audio/video sequence, the facility presents a visual indication specifying an extent to which video and/or audio captured from the person was modified to...