ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,437,330, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to CAPITAL ONE SERVICES LLC (McLean, Va.).

"Systems and methods for location sensing to facilitate best pricing options" was invented by Thomas Poole (Chantilly, Va.) and Kaleen Love (Washington).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for purchasing merchandise items at a desired purchase price. In accordance with certain embodiments, systems and methods are provided for specifying a desired purchase price for a merchandise item. Embodiments of the present disclosure may also provide systems and methods for completing purchases of the merchandise item when the purchase price ...