ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,657,587, issued on June 16, was assigned to Capital One Services LLC (McLean, Va.).

"Systems and methods to use behavioral biometrics to detect and defend against a digital scam-in-progress" was invented by Jennifer Kwok (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Vyjayanthi Vadrevu (Pflugerville, Texas), Michael Saia (Weehawken, N.J.), Viraj Chaudhary (Katy, Texas), Phoebe Atkins (Midlothian, Va.), Tyler Maiman (Melville, N.Y.), Leeyat Bracha Tessler (Arlington, Va.) and Ray Cheng (Long Island City, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for preventing fraud using behavioral biometrics may include a server with memory and a processor. The proces...