US Patent Issued to Capital One Services on June 24 for "Systems and methods for cryptographic authentication of contactless cards" (Maryland, Illinois, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,341,897, issued on June 24, was assigned to Capital One Services LLC (McLean, Va.).

"Systems and methods for cryptographic authentication of contactless cards" was invented by Jeffrey Rule (Chevy Chase, Md.), Srinivasa Chigurupati (Long Grove, Ill.) and Kevin Osborn (Newton Highlands, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Example embodiments of systems and methods for data transmission in a contactless card are provided. The contactless card may include a processor, and a memory. The memory may contain a first applet, a second applet, and a plurality of keys. The first applet and the second applet may be stored within a shared security do...