US Patent Issued to Capital One Services on June 24 for "Secure payment using a network of wearable devices" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,340,361, issued on June 24, was assigned to Capital One Services LLC (McLean, Va.).

"Secure payment using a network of wearable devices" was invented by David Kelly Wurmfeld (Melbourne, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In certain embodiments, a personal network of devices including one or more wearable devices and one or more other devices may facilitate secure payment. In some embodiments, a first device of the personal network may be configured to store a plurality of virtual slots, where each of the plurality of virtual slots stores a virtual token associated with a financial account. A second device of the personal network may be ...