MUMBAI, India, Nov. 28 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202311077710 A) filed by Affle (India) Limited, Gurugram, Haryana, on May 15, 2024, for 'systems and methods for ownership and biometric-based authentication through artificial intelligent agent.'

Inventor(s) include Anuj Khanna Sohum; Charles Yong Jien Foong; and Madhusudana Ramakrishna.

The application for the patent was published on Nov. 28, under issue no. 48/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A method (400) for performing a biometric based authentication through an Artificial Intelligence (AI) agent is disclosed. The method (400) includes receiving, by an authentication engine, a request from a user device to interact with an AI agent. The request comprises a biometric input associated with a user handling the user device. The method (400) includes blending, by the authentication module (304), the biometric input with a distinct digital signature associated with the AI agent to create a biometric characteristic. The method (400) includes comparing, by the authentication module (304), the biometric characteristic with a pre-stored biometric characteristic. The method (400) includes determining, by the authentication module (304), that the biometric characteristic matches with the pre-stored biometric characteristic. The method (400) includes providing, by the authentication module (304), an access of the AI agent to the user device based upon the determination."

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