US Patent Issued to Bank of America on Dec. 2 for "Indicator triggered activation of audio/video recording devices within a mobile communication device" (North Carolina, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,489,841, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Bank of America Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Indicator triggered activation of audio/video recording devices within a mobile communication device" was invented by George Anthony Albero (Charlotte, N.C.), Dustin Paul Stocks (Stallings, N.C.), Edward Lee Traywick (Bellbrook, Ohio) and Jake Michael Yara (Mint Hill, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Automatically and covertly activating audio/video mechanisms within a mobile communication device when a user is confronted with a duress-inducing event or a situation based on receipt of a duress indicator. The duress indicator is a subtle user input, suc...