ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,524,763, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Avast Software s.r.o. (Prague).

"Systems and methods for credential-based transactions over a network incorporating transaction codes" was invented by Gregory Wolfond (Toronto), Drummond Reed (Seattle), Brent Zundel (American Fork, Utah) and Allan Thomson (Pleasanton, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for transacting over a network is provided. The system includes a first agent and second agent. The first agent is operable to receive from a third agent a transaction code associated with one or more credential types required to apply the transaction code or with one or mo...