US Patent Issued to TAPTEXT on Feb. 24 for "System and method for link-initiated verification and validation of users" (Connecticut, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,561,666, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to TAPTEXT LLC (Coral Springs, Fla.).

"System and method for link-initiated verification and validation of users" was invented by Steve Doumar (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) and David Teodosio (Guilford, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for a dynamic-link verification process between an electronic device and a transaction or event. The first step is engagement by a mobile electronic device with an initiator that is linked with a specific verification event that triggers a text message to auto-populate on a mobile electronic device. The message comprising metadata about the user an...