ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,488,655, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to AdrenalineIP (Washington).

"Method, system and apparatus to authenticate large bets" was invented by Casey Alexander Huke (Washington), John Cronin (Jericho, Vt.), Joseph W. Beyers (Saratoga, Calif.) and Michael D'Andrea (Burlington, Vt.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system that allows a user to set threshold preferences for wager limits and the amount of time a wager is placed to allow the user to authenticate or identify themselves when the thresholds are exceeded to reconfirm that the user wishes to place a wager. The system compares the wagers placed by the user to thresholds inputted by t...