ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,437,042, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, Idaho).

"Methods and apparatus for persistent biometric profiling" was invented by Jaime Cummins (Boise, Idaho), Jeremy Chritz (Boise, Idaho), Tamara Schmitz (Boise, Idaho) and Robert F. Gazdzinski (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatus for biometric data maintenance, access and distribution across two or more experiential and/or network domains. In one embodiment, a 5G NR-based network architecture is provided which allows ultra-low latency and effectively user-imperceptible biometric data use for e.g., authentication and maintenance of use...