ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,393,656, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Oracle International Corp. (Redwood Shores, Calif.).
"Determining phrases for use in a multi-step authentication process" was invented by Kent Arthur Spaulding (Portland, Ore.) and Kenneth Joseph Meltsner (Portland, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provide a multiple factor authentication process using text pass codes. A process performs a first verification of a user using an authentication credential transmitted via a first communication channel. Based on successfully performing the first verification, the process performs a second verification using a textual phrase...