US Patent Issued to DHARDT RD on May 27 for "System and methods for protecting user privacy and providing secure access to user data" (Washington Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,314,430, issued on May 27, was assigned to DHARDT RD LLC (Seattle).

"System and methods for protecting user privacy and providing secure access to user data" was invented by Dick Clarence Hardt (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, devices, apparatuses, and methods for more effectively protecting a user's private data and information regarding their browsing and other on-line activities. Embodiments remove constraints on an application developer by not requiring them to specify an authentication service provider as part of their application, and instead permit a user to make that choice in a protected and anonymous manner."

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