ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,450,387, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Truist Bank (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Chat support platform with user-enabled virtual chat communication session security settings for redacting personally identifiable information" was invented by Barath Jayaraman (Charlotte, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computing device, a computer program product, and a computer-implemented method for delivering enhanced financial services and, more particularly, for facilitating enhanced communication between a user and a financial institution via a client device. A digital financial management platform for the client device includes a chat support platf...