US Patent Issued on Jan. 13 for "Systems and methods for an acoustic communication as an out-of-band factor in a multi-factor authentication framework" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,526,316, issued on Jan. 13.

"Systems and methods for an acoustic communication as an out-of-band factor in a multi-factor authentication framework" was invented by Michael A. Ramalho (Lakewood Ranch, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for performing out-of-band authentication in multi-factor authentication (MFA) frameworks utilizing acoustic communication channels. Specifically, the invention employs a cross-platform acoustic transport protocol to convey authentication information between a device requiring authentication and a roaming authenticator device. Acoustic communications ut...