US Patent Issued to CAPITAL ONE SERVICES on Feb. 24 for "Systems and methods for providing customers with matching rewards" (Virginia, South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,561,713, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to CAPITAL ONE SERVICES LLC (McLean, Va.).

"Systems and methods for providing customers with matching rewards" was invented by Duane Smith Jr. (Oilville, Va.), Ricardo Alvarez (Daniel Island, S.C.), Michael K. Nolan (Midlothian, Va.), Kristi S. Hebner (Ashland, Va.) and Cathryn H. "Katie" Harlow (Richmond, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer-implemented method for providing account holders with a reward based on similar rewards previously obtained through other accounts. The method includes identifying, using one or more computer processors configured to access an account database, an el...