ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,380,184, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Secure processor performing user authentication, and electronic device including the same" was invented by Keunyoung Park (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Dongjin Park (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Electronic device including SoC which includes secure processor performing user authentication based on authentication data received from user, and nonvolatile memory device storing first event count is disclosed. The secure processor includes volatile memory that stores failure count increasing as the user authentication fails a...