US Patent Issued to Bank of America on Feb. 17 for "Impersonation detection using an authentication enforcement engine" (North Carolina, South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,556,404, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Bank of America Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Impersonation detection using an authentication enforcement engine" was invented by Aaron Buchanan (Mint Hill, N.C.), James Siekman (Charlotte, N.C.), Jeffrey Felipe (Weddington, N.C.), Robert Timothy Leedy Jr. (Belmont, N.C.), Dana Tishgarten Mackay (Charlotte, N.C.), Heidi L. Magura (Charlotte, N.C.), Michael Thomas Malarkey (Waxhaw, N.C.), Karen McFeeters (York, S.C.) and Stephen J. Williams (Charlotte, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects related to impersonation detection using an authentication enforcement engine are provided. An authentica...