ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,651,276, issued on June 9, was assigned to CAPITAL ONE SERVICES LLP (McLean, Va.).

"System and method for monitoring and tracking user activities" was invented by Jaidev Shergill (Amagansett, N.Y.), Michele Serro (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.) and Shiv Bir Singh (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosed embodiments assist a user in monitoring one or more user-selected activities. In addition, a user may share the monitored information with one or more people, such as a particular group of friends (e.g., friends associated with a social networking website) or by e-mailing or text messaging the monitored information to a particular...