US Patent Issued to TRUIST BANK on March 17 for "Systems and methods for authentication" (North Carolina, Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,579,249, issued on March 17, was assigned to TRUIST BANK (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Systems and methods for authentication" was invented by Alexis Danielle Manley (Winston Salem, N.C.) and Sidharth Garg (Atlanta).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for a password-free authentication experience that further allows for dual-device authentication is described. The system allows a user to choose an alternative authentication method on a first device which includes the use of a unique code to couple the authentication process with a second device. The alternative authentication method may include the use of biometric authentication me...