ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,212,560, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to INBAT TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Ottawa).

"Method for authorizing a secure access from a local device to a remote server computer" was invented by Nicolas Johannes Sebastian Bettenburg (Stittsville, Canada) and Randy Kuang (Ottawa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for authorizing a secure access from a local device to a remote server computer is disclosed. At the local device having a unique identifier (UID), processor, and memory, a security software obtains a personal identification number (PIN) of a user, and the UID of the local device. Authenticity of the PIN and the UID is verified without ...