ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,261,948, issued on March 25, was assigned to Ivanti Inc. (South Jordan, Utah).
"Credential sharing" was invented by Matthew Hazzard (Circle Pines, Minn.) and Alex Ivanoff (Plymouth, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of credential sharing between users in a system includes creating a credential for a first user that is configured such that entry of secure details of the credential enables execution of an operation. The method includes receiving data indicative of a first selection of the credential and a second selection of a second user. The method includes encrypting the secure details such that the second user is capable o...