ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,505,723, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Bank of America Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Assembling and deploying computing tasks leveraging swarm intelligence" was invented by Shailendra Singh (Maharashtra, India) and Saurabh Gupta (New Delhi).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and methods for assembling and deploying computing tasks using swarm intelligence are provided. A swarm intelligence network program may be installed on multiple automated teller machines ("ATMs") within a geographical area. When one of the ATMs loses connectivity with its financial institution, the ATM may create an ad-hoc swarm intelligence-based network with...