ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,627,649, issued on May 12, was assigned to Amazon Technologies Inc. (Seattle).
"Secure information exchange" was invented by Akshaya Vishnu Kudlu Shanbhogue (Seattle), Venkatesh Krishnamoorthy (Bothell, Wash.), Abraham Martin Passaglia (Seattle) and Tao Wu (Bellevue, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for secure information exchange are disclosed. During setup of an accessory device in association with a voice-enabled device, token data may be generated and signed using a private encryption key by the accessory device. An accessory-device system associated with the accessory device may send a request for account iden...