ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,548,010, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to MasterCard International Inc. (Purchase, N.Y.).

"Voice controlled systems and methods for onboarding users and exchanging data" was invented by Ninju Bohra (Wildwood, Mo.), Matthew S. Smith (Troy, Mo.), Jacqueline Suzanne Welsh-Holder (Fenton, Mo.), Anthony Walker (St. Louis) and Moon Seon Ok (St. Louis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A voice controlled (VC) system for onboarding users and exchanging data in real-time over a network is provided. The VC system includes at least one data controller (DC) computing device in communication with at least one voice controlled (VC) computing device. The...