ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,707,010, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Wells Fargo Bank N.A. (San Francisco).

"System and method for dual-device communication synchronization" was invented by Kristin Ann Ballinger (Antelope, Calif.), Jeremy J. Berry (Huntersville, N.C.), Bradley M. Bevington (Edwardsville, Ill.), Germaine S. Chee (Mill Valley, Calif.), Tyua Larsen Fraser (Livermore, Calif.), Joel Scott Gardner (Charlotte, N.C.), Carrie Marie Nolan (Chittenango, N.Y.), Stephen Lloyd Sloan (University City, Mo.) and Everett Allen Storie (Fort Mill, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method may include: receiving voice user interaction data via a virtual assistant...