ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,724,693, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Truist Bank (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Providing client support for applications to software services" was invented by Shawn N. Harris (Cookeville, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Client support for applications to access services are provided. A computing system can receive, from a client device, text input for an in-progress application to access a service. The client may be prevented from accessing the service prior to the in-progress application being approved. The computing system can detect errors associated with processing the in-progress application based on user information, the text inp...