ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,306,915, issued on May 20, was assigned to MasterCard International Inc. (Purchase, N.Y.).

"Systems and methods for use in implementing self-sovereign credentials" was invented by Bryn Anthony Robinson-Morgan (Mosborough Village, Great Britain), Liang Tian (Rye Brook, N.Y.) and Prashant Sharma (Madison, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for using verifiable credentials. One example computer-implemented method includes receiving, by an identity provider (IDP) computing device, an identity request from a relying party and directing the request to a user of an application at a mobile device associated with...