ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,483,541, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Citibank N.A. (New York).

"Pre-built, pre-tested, and standardized connectors for end-to-end connection" was invented by Jenny Mustazza (Closter, N.J.) and Anita Parker (Highland Park, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A network system to provide a centralized system to connect to third-party systems by using pre-built, secure, and pre-tested standardized connectors to data and services provided via APIs. A service provider pre-configures third-party systems connections to establish a type of certificate required, establish a security level required for each third-party system connection, pre...