US Patent Issued to SONY GROUP on March 25 for "Authentication of users based on re-entry of passwords" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,955, issued on March 25, was assigned to SONY GROUP Corp. (Tokyo).

"Authentication of users based on re-entry of passwords" was invented by Brant L Candelore (Poway, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device and method for authentication of users based on re-entry of passwords is provided. The electronic device retrieves a pre-stored password associated with a user and a predefined number associated with the retrieved pre-stored password. The retrieved predefined number corresponds to a number of times an entry of a correct password is required for an authentication of the user. The electronic device receives a set ...