ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,506,615, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to GOOGLE LLC (Mountain View, Calif.).
"Source authentication for content aggregators" was invented by Alex Jacobson (Mountain View, Calif.) and Laura Eidem (Mountain View, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for establishing content authenticity when aggregating content includes receiving a content package that includes a content item hosted by a content publisher site and a first digital signature. The method also includes determining whether the content package satisfies authenticity criteria, at least in part by decrypting the first digital signature using a first public key to prod...