ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,437,106, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Fiske Software LLC (San Francisco).
"Visual image authentication" was invented by Michael Stephen Fiske (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems described herein authenticate a user and help secure transaction. A display screen presents images that are difficult for malware to recognize but a person can recognize. In at least one embodiment, a person communicates transaction information using visual images received from the service provider system. In at least one embodiment, a user selects a sequence of visual images as a means of authenticating the user and logging into...