ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,340,370, issued on June 24, was assigned to Stripe Inc. (Sacramento, Calif.).

"Methods and systems for multi-factor authentication" was invented by Girish Balasubramanian (Fremont, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are methods and systems for multi-platform authentication of electronic devices. One method involves a processor monitoring data related to the execution of an initial authentication request for a user via a first electronic platform. Subsequently, the processor receives, via the first platform, a request to complete a second authentication request by a second electronic platform, which corresponds to a mu...