US Patent Issued to MasterCard International on May 19 for "Systems and methods for continuous user authentication" (American, Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,632,526, issued on May 19, was assigned to MasterCard International Inc. (Purchase, N.Y.).

"Systems and methods for continuous user authentication" was invented by Jonathan McGrandle (Maple Ridge, Canada), Roshan Lewis (Bernardsville, N.J.) and David J. Senci (Troy, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer device configured to passively authenticate a user includes a memory device including a user profile, and at least one processor coupled to the memory device. The at least one processor is programmed to execute a passive authentication system programmed to receive an indication that the user successfully performed an active authen...