ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,526,278, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Orange (Issy-les-Moulineaux, France).

"Authentication method, corresponding device and program" was invented by Jean-Marc Duro (Chatillon, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for authenticating access via a communication terminal, before a server is disclosed. The method includes, subsequently to the transmission by an access application of the communication terminal, to the server, of a connection request: transforming a variable element, received from the server, using transformation materials obtained upon a subscription before the server, outputting a transformed element; transmi...