ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,568,071, issued on March 3, was assigned to Allstate Insurance Co. (Northbrook, Ill.).
"Safe logon" was invented by John Parkinson (Burlington, Vt.), David Harris (Wheaton, Ill.), Mark D. Hansen (Greensboro, N.C.) and Nicolette De Guia (Chicago).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, computer-readable media, software, and apparatuses are provided to assist a user and vendor in completing an online trusted transaction. Trusted vendor websites are verified and user identities are confirmed through a cyber-security safe logon credentialing system. The vendor can be confident that the user identity has been verified to be who they say they a...