ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,373,817, issued on July 29, was assigned to PAYPAL INC. (San Jose, Calif.).
"Login using QR code" was invented by Daniel B. DeSoto (Round Rock, Texas) and Mark Andrew Peskin (Austin, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are disclosed herein for a user to use a trusted device to provide sensitive information to an identity provider via QR (Quick Response) code for the identity provider to broker a website login or to collect information for the website. A user may securely transact with the website from unsecured devices by entering sensitive information into the trusted device. The identity provider may generate the Q...