ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,784,069, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Bank of America Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"System and method for generating and transmitting shareable electronic notification data via a hardware device network" was invented by Paul Martin Mattison (Sherrills Ford, N.C.), Martha Sain McClellan (Lancaster, S.C.) and David Smiddy (Chadds Ford, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the invention are directed to a system and method for generating and transmitting shareable electronic notification data via a hardware device network. A non-transitory wireless signal is broadcasted from a front-line unit in a network of front-line units, an...