ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,475,494, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to PayPal Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).
"Trusted remote attestation agent (TRAA)" was invented by Hadi Nahari (Mountain View, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for use with a service provider and a consumer electronic device include a trusted remote attestation agent (TRAA) configured to perform a set of checking procedures or mechanisms to help ensure the security status of a consumer electronic device (e.g., a mobile terminal or phone) that holds financial instruments. The checking procedures may include: self-verifying integrity by the TRAA; checking for presence of a provisi...