ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,919, issued on July 22, was assigned to Comcast Cable Communications LLC (Philadelphia).

"Method and apparatus for thought password brain computer interface" was invented by Peter Quesada (Golden, Colo.), Daisy Henderson (Englewood, Colo.) and Alexander Brewton (Washington).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are described herein for authentication and password security. The system may detect involuntary and voluntary brain signals of a user and measure the characteristics of those signals. The signals may be detected and analyzed using a wearable device comprising a plurality of sensors. The system may authenticate the...