ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,844, issued on July 21, was assigned to Capital One Services LLC (McLean, Va.).

"Machine learning for detecting and modifying faulty controls" was invented by Tyler Maiman (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Jennifer Kwok (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Albert Hergenroeder (Philadelphia), Joshua Edwards (Philadelphia) and Sarah Jane Cunningham (Arlington, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some aspects, a computing system may use machine learning to determine whether a control is faulty or generate recommendations to make a modification to a control. may identify a portion of problematic computer code that implements the faulty control through the use of machine...