ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,499,432, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Capital One Services LLC (McLean, Va.).

"Techniques to perform operations with a contactless card when in the presence of a trusted device" was invented by William Broome (Salt Lake City), Joshua McGarity (Beacon, N.Y.) and Timothy Tran (Springfield, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments are directed to techniques and systems to perform operations with contactless cards and trusted devices."

The patent was filed on April 6, 2023, under Application No. 18/131,489.

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