ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,210,598, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA (Newark, N.J.).

"System for improving data security when redeeming data" was invented by Venkatesh Sarvottamrao Apsingekar (San Jose, Calif.), Sahil Vinod Motadoo (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Christopher John Schille (San Jose, Calif.) and James Francis Lavine (Corte Madera, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "When personally identifiable information (PII) is to be stored or updated, a system first seeks consent from the user for the PII store or update. If the user grants consent, then the system stores the PII in the user's personal device or updates the ...