ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,743,532, issued on Sept. 22.
"Dynamic security challenge authentication" was invented by Nan Zheng (Nanjing, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for dynamic security challenge authentication may include generating, based on data about one or more previous interactions of the user with a plurality of applications, files, and devices, one or more security challenges. Examples of interactions include launching an application, editing a file, and logging onto a device. The data may be retrieved from services or components involved with the interactions. The identity of the user may be authenticated based on the responses to the se...