US Patent Issued to Truist Bank on June 10 for "Virtual identification for granting secure access using two forms of authentication" (Georgia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,327,449, issued on June 10, was assigned to Truist Bank (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Virtual identification for granting secure access using two forms of authentication" was invented by Sudhakar Swaminathan (Johns Creek, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for providing a user physical access to a facility. The system permits access to the facility via the user's mobile device that has a first near-field communication device and one or more security measures for authenticating the user's identity. A mobile application is encoded on the mobile device and is configured to create, store, and transmit a virtual identification of the user via ...