ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,229,751, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Capital One Services LLC (McLean, Va.).
"Augmented reality card activation experience" was invented by Jeffrey Rule (Chevy Chase, Md.) and Kevan Emmott (Arlington, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments are generally directed to enhancing a card activation experience for an authorized card user when activating a new card by at least displaying various types of information related to the new card in augmented reality (AR) and allowing the user to perform the activation itself or experience other aspects of the activation process in AR. Information pertaining the successful activa...