ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,726,797, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Lingual Information System Technologies Inc. (Elkridge, Md.).

"Systems, devices, and methods managing messaging in a multi-user environment" was invented by Paul J. Warner (Silver Spring, Md.) and Elizabeth Rendon-Sherman (Ellicott City, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are disclosed that enable organizations to manage account/application access and alerts, while reducing unauthorized access to the accounts/applications, by centralizing messaging from third parties related to N-Factor authentication, alerts, etc. The system generally includes one or more devices including ...