ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,094, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Wassim Samir Chaar (Coppell, Texas).

"System and method for consent detection and validation" was invented by Wassim Samir Chaar (Coppell, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system is provided for consent detection and validation. Uttered speech signals and sensor data of at least one user is received from a first electronic device during a personal interaction, scheduled based on a consent response corresponding to an acceptance of a consent request, between two users. A confidence score is determined based on intent of the two users, current sensor data and a new set of user characteristi...