ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,288,211, issued on April 29, was assigned to Multiple Shift Key Inc. (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.).

"Secure authentication and transaction system and method" was invented by Raymond J. Gallagher III (Colo De Caza, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A secure user authentication system, operable over a client-server communications network to authenticate a system user. The system includes an application server which includes a site which is able to be enabled, and an authentication server, which is able to enable the application server site. The authentication server includes a core database, and receives and stores user authentication-enab...