US Patent Issued to Bank of America on Dec. 30 for "System and method for data protection based on proximity and viewing angle" (Indian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,511,443, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Bank of America Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"System and method for data protection based on proximity and viewing angle" was invented by Prabhu S. Radhakrishnan (Natick, Mass.), Anurajam Rajagopalan (Medavakkam, India) and Subburathinam Krishnan (Tamil Nadu, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for protecting user data from unauthorized users/devices is disclosed. The system detects a triggering event comprising an interaction of a first user with a software application. The system detects a presence of a second user and determines that the second user is not authorized to view the softwa...