ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,388,814, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to ORANGE (Issy-les-Moulineaux, France).

"Management method for authenticating a user of a device on an equipment item by password" was invented by Olivier Charles (Chatillon, France) and Pascal Nourry (Chatillon, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A management method for authenticating a user of a device on an equipment item that is accessed by password. The method includes: acquiring a first password by the equipment item, the password being a result of a calculation based on a first secret data item; access by the user to the equipment item, which includes: the equipment item receiving a sec...