ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,452,261, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Bank of America Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Pattern analysis threat identification-aggregation engine" was invented by Steven Sinks (Scottsdale, Ariz.) and Jonathan Sheedy (Poynton, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A network system of pattern analysis includes a centralized AI-based pattern analysis engine and each computing device comprises a local AI-based pattern analysis engine. The pattern analysis engine(s) each analyze computing operations on a local machine basis or a on a network basis depending on where installed. The AI-based pattern analysis engines identify common activit...