ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,437,048, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Mastercard International Inc. (Purchase, N.Y.).

"Systems and methods for healthcare ID" was invented by Dan A. Durbin (O'Fallon, Mo.), Shawn J. Mehrhoff (Saint Ann, Mo.) and David Vorhies (Saint Charles, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques are provided for managing a user's digital identity. A method includes providing an option to setup a digital identity on a computing device. The method includes requesting a scan of a physical document that includes personal identifying information of the user. The computing device captures an image of the physical document, and also captures a biome...