ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,488,342, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to ROYAL BANK OF CANADA (Toronto).

"System and method for secure web service access control" was invented by Arnold Badal-Badalian (Toronto), Seung Bong Baek (Toronto) and Syed Ahmar Imam (Milton, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer system and method for populating electronic payment credentials is provided. The system comprises at least one processor and a memory storing instructions which when executed by the processor configure the processor to perform the method. The method comprises receiving a browser extension activation input, sending a payment details request message to a finan...