ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,755,271, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Capital One Services LLC (McLean, Va.).

"System and method for providing temporary virtual payment card" was invented by Jeffrey Rule (Chevy Chase, Md.), Shelton Smith (Stafford, Va.) and Kevin Osborn (Newton Highlands, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for providing a temporary virtual payment card are provided. The system includes a user device, an administrator processing system, an account processing system, and a database. The system is configured to receive a request for a temporary virtual payment card, verify the user, and provide a temporary virtual payment card."...