ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,756,570, issued on Oct. 6.

"System and method for cryptographic continuity assertions" was invented by Brad Rausenberger (Jamestown, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method maintain secure session continuity by using cryptographic material stored in a hardware-based or software-based security module to generate periodic, event-triggered, or server-initiated continuity assertions. A client-side execution environment creates a continuity assertion payload, obtains a cryptographic proof-of-possession from the security module, and transmits or embeds the continuity assertion within client-to-server communication while operatin...