ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,316,749, issued on May 27, was assigned to Pasig and Hudson PVT Ltd. (Singapore).

"Computer method and graphical user interface for identity management" was invented by Carlos W. Korten (Natick, Mass.), Dhiraj Rattan (Gilbert, Ariz.) and Cory Moreira (Palm Harbor, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to embodiments, a global identity (ID) is generated by receiving a plurality of documents which, in total, only a particular person has ready access, and assigning a global ID to actual name of the particular person. Registration on the blockchain gives others a way to verify that a transaction was signed by the person and sent from...