ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,027, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to THALES DIS FRANCE SAS (Meudon, France).

"Secure online authentication method using mobile ID document" was invented by Thomas Schalldach (Bustehrad, Czech Republic) and Gerald Maunier (Sanary-sur-Mer, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a secure online authentication method of a user by a relying party using a mobile ID document uses a secret to consent to a retrieval of a dedicated data field, wherein an access token is generated, including a proof, which is used by the relying party to transmit an access request to the mobile document issuer, trading the token for an authenticatio...