ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,483,422, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Avast Software s.r.o. (Prague).

"Systems and methods for credential-based transactions over a network" was invented by Allan Thomson (Pleasanton, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for transacting over a network enable transacting on behalf of a first entity at a plurality of first network locations based on one or more first cryptographically verifiable credentials for a plurality of first network-enabled services. One or more assessments of the first entity are determined based on the transacting on behalf of the first entity at the plurality of first network locations ...