ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,328,651, issued on June 10, was assigned to CAPITAL ONE SERVICES LLC (McLean, Va.).
"System and method for varying a function triggered by near field communication" was invented by David Gabriele (Boston), Wayne Lutz (Fort Washington, Md.), Lin Ni Lisa Cheng (Fresh Meadows, N.Y.), Daniel John Marsch (Arlington, Va.), Tyler Maiman (Melville, N.Y.), Saleem Ahmed Sangi (McLean, Va.) and Kevin Osborn (Newton Highlands, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automated method is provided for initiating a transaction function in a transaction processing device. The method comprises establishing near field communication between the transaction ...