ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,726,349, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Bank of America Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Vault encryption abstraction framework system" was invented by Sourav Basu (Charlotte, N.C.) and Peter Anthony Tavormina (Hainesport, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vault encryption abstraction framework computing system provides interface functionality to facilitate integration of client applications with vaulting solutions. The vault encryption abstraction framework manages custom authentication and authorization using the vaulting solution application for one or more client applications such as by periodically rotating or renewing any authenti...