ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,399,987, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Raven White Security Inc. (Menlo Park, Calif.).

"Performing authentication" was invented by Bjorn Markus Jakobsson (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Preference data is received. The received preference data is compared to stored preference data associated with a user with which the received preference data is associated. A determination is made whether to authorize an action based at least on the comparison. The preference data is received as a selection."

The patent was filed on Jan. 7, 2025, under Application No. 19/011,897.

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