ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,705,290, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Truist Bank (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Controlling resource transfers based on unique digital identifier data" was invented by Jason B. Cohoon (Sparta, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system can be provided for controlling resource transfers based on unique digital identifier data. For example, the system can receive a resource request from a user device. The resource request can be a request to transfer a resource from a first user account to a second user account based on a document. The system can then identify a unique digital identifier for the document. The system can further query a cent...