ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,556,541, issued on Feb. 17.

"System and method for distributing multifactor authentication data to trusted parties" was invented by Kevin Goldstein (Tucson, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and other aspects for distributing multifactor authentication data to trusted parties are disclosed. A system phone number is assigned to a primary user. A group is created, and the primary user and the system phone number are associated with the group. The primary user causes the system to send invitations to the trusted parties to join the group. The invitations provide links, means, and/or instructions to join the group. The s...