ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,417,462, issued on Sept. 16.
"System and method for web-based payments" was invented by Ned Hoffman (Sebastopol, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer implemented method for enabling a payment transaction in a computer system executed at least partially by a computer of a user connected via a communication network to a remote computer comprising a database of payment-related data, said method comprising the steps of: a) accessing the payment-related data of a user from within the database, wherein a web browser extension on the user's computer is invoked by the user clicking on a web browser extension graphical user interface...