ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,982, issued on July 14, was assigned to Bank of America Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"System and method for detecting synthetic activity in a network via use of interactive artificial intelligence" was invented by Cody Dean Searl (Indian Land, S.C.), Sanjay Arjun Lohar (Charlotte, N.C.), Kyle Mayers (Charlotte, N.C.) and Karen Stanek McFeeters (York, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for detecting synthetic activity in a network via use of interactive artificial intelligence are provided. The method includes receiving a first account communication from an end-point de...