ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,432,066, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to OneSpan Canada Inc. (Montreal).
"Blockchain-enhanced proof of identity" was invented by Guy Harrison (Kingsville, Australia), Michael Harrison (Derrimut, Australia) and Steven Cedro (Thomastown, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an embodiment, a method of blockchain-enhanced proof of identity (POI) includes receiving identity information of a user in connection with a POI request. The method also includes generating a first cryptographic hash using at least a portion of the identity information and storing the first cryptographic hash on a public blockchain in a first blockchain tra...