US Patent Issued to TAPTEXT on May 6 for "System and method for link-initiated verification and validation of users" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,293,348, issued on May 6, was assigned to TAPTEXT LLC (Coral Springs, Fla.).

"System and method for link-initiated verification and validation of users" was invented by Steve Doumar (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) and Paul Levasseur (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Dynamic-link verification process between a mobile phone and a controlled resource. The process begins with engagement by a mobile phone with an initiator that is linked with a specific verification event that triggers a text message to auto-populate on the mobile phone. The mobile phone sends the auto-populated message to initiate the verification of the user for...