US Patent Issued to KOUNT on July 1 for "Techniques for identity data characterization for data protection" (Idaho Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,348,542, issued on July 1, was assigned to KOUNT INC. (Boise, Idaho).

"Techniques for identity data characterization for data protection" was invented by Nathan Daniel Monnig (Boise, Idaho) and Joshua Michael Johnston (Boise, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Certain aspects involve a system, computer-implemented method, and computer-readable medium for identifying attributes associated with a target entity such as a person. A hierarchical characterization system receives an attribute and a request for associated identity data. The system generates an identity graph that includes attribute nodes corresponding to respective attributes a...