ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,407,684, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Bank of America Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"System and method for implementing authentication control protocols via components of an entity device" was invented by Christopher Daniel Birch (Tega Cay, S.C.), Sophie Morgan Danielpour (Durham, N.C.), Susan R. Hart (Addison, Texas), Son Huynh (Charlotte, N.C.), Tyler Keith Prothro (Waxahachie, Texas), Shannon Sabina Rolinger (Pineville, N.C.), Amado Jose Martinez Suarez (Addison, Texas) and Stephen Jack Williams (Charlotte, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present invention provide a system for implementing authentication contro...