ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,306,986, issued on May 20, was assigned to Cisco Technology Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).
"Privacy preserving secure access" was invented by Vincent E. Parla (North Hampton, N.H.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques for preserving privacy while still allowing secure access to private resources. Among other things, the techniques may include receiving a request to provide a remote device with access to a private resource. In some instances, the request may be redirected to an identity provider service to authenticate the user of the remote device to maintain anonymity of an identity of the user. The techniques may also include receiving a...