US Patent Issued to MasterCard International on Nov. 18 for "Systems and methods for determining and analyzing characteristics of devices used in payment transactions" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,475,474, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to MasterCard International Inc. (Purchase, N.Y.).

"Systems and methods for determining and analyzing characteristics of devices used in payment transactions" was invented by Justin X. Howe (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device profiling computer system for determining and analyzing characteristics of devices used in payment transactions includes a processor, a device profiling database in communication with the processor, and a memory coupled to the processor. The device profiling computer system is configured to receive a set of first transaction data associated with a first tra...