US Patent Issued to Comcast Cable Communications on Sept. 29 for "Consensus based authentication and authorization process" (New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,749,363, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Comcast Cable Communications LLC (Philadelphia).

"Consensus based authentication and authorization process" was invented by Kathy Patterson (Mt. Laurel, N.J.), David Beaumont (Mt. Laurel, N.J.), Sergey Matochkin (Mt. Laurel, N.J.) and Nicholas Beenham (Mt. Laurel, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In accordance with one or more embodiments, authorization and/or authentication protects against unauthorized use of devices and/or features. Devices managing authorization and/or authentication may be connected to communications services, such as the internet or a social network. A user using the...