ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,451,144, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Oracle International Corp. (Redwood Shores, Calif.).
"Authentication using words as a single-use passcode" 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 passcodes. 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 word or a textual phrase trans...