ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,260,407, issued on March 25, was assigned to SPRIV LLC (New York).
"Method for authenticating internet users" was invented by Guy Hefetz (Boca Raton, Fla.), Jacob Heffez (Holon, Israel) and Christopher Wood (Arlington, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for authenticating the identity of a user who is attempting to access a website or conduct a transaction is described. The method involves receiving two geographical locations, and associated time stamps, of a mobile phone associated with the user, one of the locations being the location of the transaction or access attempt. The method determines whether the speed required to tr...