ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,583, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to TRUIST BANK (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Security system for real-time interaction with a network of wearable user devices" was invented by Jinea Deanitra Neal (Glen Burnie, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A security system includes an emergency system to establish a connection with a plurality of wearable devices; receive a duress signal transmitted from the wearable device; generate and transmit a request signal to the wearable device configured to cause the wearable device to request confirmation from the user, receive confirmation from the user, and transmit a confirmation signal to the security ...