ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,489,746, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Ping Identity International Inc. (Denver).

"App free authentication across channels" was invented by Justin Chin (Raleigh, N.C.) and John Hamilton Kimble II (Allen, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The technology disclosed teaches performing biometric app free authentication or authorization of a user to access a web-based application, with the user interacting with a workstation browser running on a workstation to access the web-based application using built-in resources of a smart/mobile device. A web application uses methods to authenticate and authorize users before the users are permitte...