US Patent Issued to Capital One Services on Aug. 12 for "NFC enhanced augmented reality information overlays" (Maryland, District Of Columbia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,387,257, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Capital One Services LLC (McLean, Va.).

"NFC enhanced augmented reality information overlays" was invented by Jeffrey Rule (Chevy Chase, Md.) and Kaitlin Newman (Washington).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments are directed to overlaying relevant product information in augmented reality via the use of near-field communication (NFC) and a product selection system. A user may authenticate into an application or user profile. Information about the user in the user profile may be used to determine which products are relevant to the user. Information related to the relevant products may...