ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,299,109, issued on May 13, was assigned to The ADT Security Corp. (Boca Raton, Fla.).

"User authentication in a premises security system" was invented by Mark Reimer (Denver).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for verification of a user, the device being in communication with a security base station of a premises security system. The device comprises processing circuitry, which is configured to receive, from the security base station, security system data associated with user activity at a premises monitored by the premises security system; generate at least one verification question associated with the user activity; and based on a ...