US Patent Issued to F5 on June 23 for "Authentication using an intermediary" (Pennsylvania, California, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,665,769, issued on June 23, was assigned to F5 Inc. (Seattle).

"Authentication using an intermediary" was invented by Michael James Coleman II (Downingtown, Pa.), Graham Rein Alderson (Seattle) and Charlie Wilson Lesley III (Elk Grove, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Technology related to authentication using an intermediary is disclosed. In one example, a method for authentication can include intercepting a first authentication response destined for a server. The first authentication response identifies a server authentication service and is digitally signed by an identity service provider. The first authentication response can be...