US Patent Issued to T-Mobile USA on June 24 for "Authenticating a user interacting with a wireless telecommunication network via a non-internet connected phone" (Washington Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,341,909, issued on June 24, was assigned to T-Mobile USA Inc. (Bellevue, Wash.).

"Authenticating a user interacting with a wireless telecommunication network via a non-internet connected phone" was invented by Brian Graves (Kenmore, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The system receives a call at a unique telephone number associated with a wireless telecommunication network and establishes a communication channel with a UE of a user. The system requests and receives a voice sample from the user and a PIN associated with the user. Using the voice sample and the PIN, the system performs a multi-factor authentication. Upon authenticating ...