ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,316,629, issued on May 27, was assigned to Affirm Inc. (San Francisco).
"System and method for passwordless logins" was invented by Jeffrey Howard Kaditz (Teton Village, Wyo.), Andrew Gettings Stevens (Northfield, Minn.), Bradley N. Selby (Phoenix), Aaron Ng Ligon (San Francisco) and Manuel De Jesu Aria (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A login system allows users to access computer systems without using a password. The passwordless system and method can use other information to securely and reliably identify true authorized system users. The identity of a user can be associated with their mobile device. The login can be base...