ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,457,222, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Metaglue Corp. (Black Mountain, N.C.).

"Managing integrity of distributed digital media" was invented by Oliver Frederick Morgan (Black Mountain, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Tools and techniques are provided to detect faked, or tampered, or unauthorized digital media, such as video, audio, still images, and multimedia clips, and provide and display measures of confidence and validity. A computer system that supports distribution of digital media includes a database that stores information about distributed digital media that enables verification of such digital media. A computer system ...