ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,254,105, issued on March 18, was assigned to Capital One Services LLC (McLean, Va.).

"Systems and methods for detecting interception devices" was invented by Michael James Kidd (Litchfield, N.H.), Stephen Young (Keswick, Va.) and Charles Lawson (Ostrander, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for detecting interception devices. In some aspects, the system causes transmission of a first detection signal. Based on receiving a first response signal, the system determines a first probability of detection of a first interception device. Based on the first probability of detection, the system transmits a first command to de...