ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,314,459, issued on May 27, was assigned to Capital One Services LLC (McLean, Va.).

"Protecting user data privacy in a privacy zone" was invented by Joshua Edwards (Philadelphia), Dan Lin (Arlington, Va.) and Michael Mossoba (Great Falls, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for protecting user data privacy in a privacy zone around a user and a computing device displaying user data. A device can include a camera configured to capture a sequence of images in a location, such as in a privacy zone comprising an area around the device and a user of the device. A memor...