ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,770,130, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to SWOOP IP HOLDINGS LLC (Wilmington, Del.).
"Web-based checkout and alternate login based on secure identifiers and alternate link formats" was invented by John P. Killoran Jr. (Albuquerque, N.M.), Patrick L. Killoran (Albuquerque, N.M.) and Isaiah Baca (Albuquerque, N.M.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method, system, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for improving computer network security using Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) and a Quick Response (QR) code to authenticate users prior to granting access to a secure webpage. A vendor system receives a transaction request from a us...