ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,340,682, issued on June 24, was assigned to Wells Fargo Bank N.A. (San Francisco).

"Enhanced accessibility using wearable computing devices" was invented by Debashis Ghosh (Charlotte, N.C.), Carrie Anne Hanson (Charlotte, N.C.) and Elizabeth S. Votaw (Potomac, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed in some examples are methods, systems, devices, and machine-readable mediums which provide a wearable device, such as a smart ring, that provides feedback to guide users in performing physical tasks. Tasks may include tasks associated with an application executing on a mobile device of the user."

The patent was filed on March 14, 2024, ...