US Patent Issued to Capital One Services on July 14 for "Systems and methods for cryptographic authentication of contactless cards" (Maryland, Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,796, issued on July 14, was assigned to Capital One Services LLC (McLean, Va.).

"Systems and methods for cryptographic authentication of contactless cards" was invented by Jeffrey Rule (Chevy Chase, Md.) and Rajko Ilincic (Annandale, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Example embodiments of systems and methods for data transmission system between transmitting and receiving devices are provided. These systems and methods may provide for the secure transmission of sensitive information, such personally-identifiable information. In some examples, the sensitive information may be requested and securely shared when cryptographically signe...