ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,506,719, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to QOHASH INC. (Quebec, Canada).

"System and method for secure collection and display of sensitive data" was invented by Jean Le Bouthillier (Quebec, Canada) and Luca Perico (Quebec, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems for collecting and securely transmitting and displaying sensitive data are described. In a described configuration, the system includes service provider software deployed to a customer endpoint for detecting sensitive data and encrypting the same to produce a cryptogram, at least one service provider server for receiving and storing cryptograms for later access, and a clie...