ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,627,643, issued on May 12, was assigned to CHOL Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).

"System and method to improve user authentication for enhanced security of cryptographically protected communication sessions" was invented by Michael R. Feinberg (Newport Beach, Calif.) and Richard J. Blech (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computerized method supporting SSL-based or TLS-based communications with multiple cryptographically protected transmissions is described. Responsive to a first transmission including a first content encrypted with a public key of an intended recipient and a first digital signature for use in detect tampering to the ...