ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,547,700, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Amazon Technologies Inc (Seattle).

"Persistent source values for assumed alternative identities" was invented by Rachit Jain (Bothell, Wash.), Douglas Spencer Hewitt (Seattle), Conor P. Cahill (Waterford, Wash.) and Ogbeide Derrick Oigiagbe (Everett, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An Identity and Access Management Service implements persistent source values PSVs) for assumed identities. A source value (e.g., an original identifier of an entity) is persisted across assumed identities, facilitating identification of entities (users or applications) responsible for actions taken by the assum...