ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,475,979, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to IMPRIVATA INC. (Lexington, Mass.).
"Strong authentication via distributed stations" was invented by Meinhard Dieter Ullrich (Lexington, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In various embodiments, authentication stations are distributed within a facility, particularly in spaces where mobile devices are predominantly used-e.g., a hospital's emergency department. Each such station includes a series of authentication devices. Mobile device may run applications for locating the nearest such station and, in some embodiments, pair wirelessly with the station so that authentication thereon will accord...