ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,373,549, issued on July 29, was assigned to Kyndryl Inc. (New York).

"Advanced deterrence for bots in an interactive communication environment" was invented by Cesar Bravo (Alajuela, Costa Rica) and Christopher Collins Bode (Holly Springs, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments relate to providing an advanced deterrence system for bots in an interactive communication environment. In response to identifying that an automated program for a user terminal is accessing an interactive communication environment hosted by a host computer system, a selection of an assignment for the automated program is triggered, where the automated pro...