ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,731,138, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to MONTICELLO ENTERPRISES LLC (Huntingtown, Md.).

"System and method for providing multiple application programming interfaces for a browser to manage payments from a payment service" was invented by Thomas M. Isaacson (Huntingtown, Md.) and Ryan Connell Durham (Anchorage, Alaska).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer-readable storage devices for a new browser including multiple application programming interfaces. A method includes receiving, from a site, at a browser and via a first application programming interface that defines a first protocol for com...