ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,470,925, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to T-Mobile USA Inc. (Bellevue, Wash.).

"Multi-layered authentication notification system for mobile devices" was invented by Deepesh Belwal (Ashburn, Va.) and Anuj Sharma (Ashburn, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The technology relates to secure management of notifications on mobile devices. The method involves receiving messages over a telecommunications network. In instances where the mobile device is in an unlocked state, the user interface of the mobile device displays the message content through notifications on the user interface. The process includes determining the unlocked state of th...