Patents by Inventor Molly Johnson

Molly Johnson has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 12619849
    Abstract: Examples described herein describe a battery charger for a transaction card. According to some implementations, a charging device may detect a transaction card is received within a charging slot when an integrated circuit (IC) chip of the transaction card is in contact with a charging terminal; request a user device to provide power to charge the transaction card via the charging terminal, wherein the user device is communicatively coupled to the charging terminal; receive the power from the user device; and provide the power to the transaction card to charge a battery of the transaction card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Adam R. Koeppel, Molly Johnson, Tyler Locke, James Zarakas
  • Patent number: 12609005
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a transaction instrument and method for recording vibration information associated with a transaction at a point-of-service (POS) terminal. The vibration information can be used to determine whether the POS terminal is compromised (e.g., via a skimmer).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2026
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Molly Johnson, Adam Vukich, James Zarakas
  • Patent number: 12591885
    Abstract: Wireless communication technologies, a dynamic transaction card, and a mobile application may be utilized to facilitate multi-factor authentication and secure electronic checkout of any website. A wireless connection between a dynamic transaction card and a user device may be utilized to authenticate a user. A user device application may be triggered to call, via an application programming interface (API), an account provider system, and this unique pairing may automatically facilitate payment to a merchant system associated with the electronic check out page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2026
    Assignee: CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC
    Inventors: James Zarakas, Mohamed Lafeer, Molly Johnson, Saleem Sangi, Kevin Kelly, Adam Koeppel
  • Patent number: 12524755
    Abstract: A device may include a processor, a wireless transceiver in communication with the processor, and a non-transitory memory. The memory may store instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform processing. The processing may include sending, by the wireless transceiver, a request to share a transaction to at least one external user device in communication range of the device. The processing may include receiving, at the wireless transceiver, at least one sharing confirmation from the at least one external user device. The processing may include generating a transaction request. The transaction request may include data describing the transaction and a transaction portion to be paid by an account associated with the device. The processing may include sending the transaction request to a transaction service for fulfillment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2026
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Adam R. Koeppel, James Zarakas, Molly Johnson, Tyler Locke
  • Publication number: 20250335900
    Abstract: A device may include a processor, a wireless transceiver in communication with the processor, and a non-transitory memory. The memory may store instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform processing. The processing may include receiving a command configured to be executed by an external user device. The external user device and the user device may be members of a network of trust. The processing may include detecting, by the wireless transceiver, a plurality of member devices of the network of trust in communication range of the device. The processing may include sending, by the wireless transceiver, the command to each of the plurality of member devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2025
    Publication date: October 30, 2025
    Applicant: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Adam R. Koeppel, James Zarakas, Molly Johnson, Tyler Locke, Rajko Ilincic, Kevan Emmott
  • Patent number: 12437312
    Abstract: A fuel price determination system may receive transaction data identifying purchases, made with transaction cards and mobile transaction card applications of client devices, of fuel at fuel stations. The fuel price determination system may receive location data identifying locations associated with users of the client devices and the transaction cards, and user history data associated with prior purchases of fuel at fuel stations by the users. The fuel price determination system may process the transaction data, location data, and user history data, with a machine learning model, to determine fuel prices at the fuel stations. The fuel price determination system may determine a ranked list of particular fuel stations in a geographical area based on the fuel prices and populate, based on the location data and the ranked list, a map to identify the particular fuel stations and the fuel prices at the particular fuel stations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2025
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: James Zarakas, Adam Vukich, Molly Johnson
  • Publication number: 20250299197
    Abstract: A fraud detection platform may receive transaction data relating to a transaction conducted by a user with a transaction card. The fraud detection platform may receive, from a biometric sensor of the transaction card, biometric data relating to one or more biometric characteristics of the user during the transaction. The fraud detection platform may receive, from an accelerometer of the transaction card, card movement data relating to a measure of shaking of the transaction card by the user during the transaction. The fraud detection platform may process the transaction data, the biometric data, and the card movement data, with a fraud detection model, to determine a fraud score associated with the transaction. The fraud detection platform may perform one or more actions based on the fraud score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2025
    Publication date: September 25, 2025
    Inventors: Molly JOHNSON, Adam VUKICH, James ZARAKAS
  • Publication number: 20250280971
    Abstract: A multi-function transaction card may receive, from shelf sensors, first data indicating that items have been removed from shelves by a customer of a merchant, and may receive, from shopping cart sensors, second data indicating that the items have been placed in a shopping cart. The multi-function transaction card may receive, based on the first data and the second data, item data identifying the items placed in the shopping cart, wherein the item data is received from price tags of the items. The multi-function transaction card may store the item data, and may provide, to a transaction terminal of the merchant, the item data identifying the items and customer data identifying the customer. The multi-function transaction card may receive, from the transaction terminal, transaction data identifying a transaction that charges the multi-function transaction card for a total cost of the items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2025
    Publication date: September 11, 2025
    Inventors: Adam VUKICH, James ZARAKAS, Molly JOHNSON
  • Publication number: 20250265571
    Abstract: An EMV enabled terminal may communicate transaction related information to a user via a standard user interface of the terminal, for example, within a user interface displayed on a display screen of the terminal. The transaction related information may be spoken out loud to the user by the terminal. However, users with visual, audio, or other physical impairments may be unable to access the display of the terminal, view the displayed information, or hear the spoken information. Systems and methods disclosed herein communicate transaction related information via an alternate user interface. Instead of relying on the standard user interface related communications, information about the status of a transaction or transaction related information may be determined based on monitoring and evaluating the communications between an EMV secure element of a dynamic transaction card and the terminal via a contact connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2025
    Publication date: August 21, 2025
    Inventors: Molly Johnson, James Zarakas, Adam Vukich
  • Patent number: 12380427
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a smart card that determines a context associated with the smart card and displays information based on the determined context. The smart card may determine a location of the smart card. Based on the determined location, the smart card may retrieve a list of establishments. The list of establishments may be used to determine a context, for example, based on information related to the establishments, historical information, user information, etc. Once the context is determined, the smart card may select information to display on the smart card. By limiting the information displayed on the smart card, the smart card may limit what can be captured by bad actors, thereby improving the security of the smart cards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: James Zarakas, Molly Johnson, Adam Vukich
  • Patent number: 12361427
    Abstract: A device receives first transaction information associated with a first transaction, and a first transaction account utilized for the first transaction and associated with a first financial institution. The device determines, based on a fraud model, that the first transaction is to be denied due to potential fraud associated with the first transaction account and receives second transaction information associated with a second transaction, and a second transaction account utilized for the second transaction and associated with a second financial institution. The device processes the first transaction information and the second transaction information, with a matching model, to determine whether the first transaction information matches the second transaction information and determines that the first transaction was incorrectly denied when the first transaction information matches the second transaction information within a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Colin Hart, Joshua Edwards, Francisco Perezleon, Molly Johnson, Kaitlin Newman, Angelina Wu, Jason Ji
  • Patent number: 12354079
    Abstract: A device may include a processor, a wireless transceiver in communication with the processor, and a non-transitory memory. The memory may store instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform processing. The processing may include receiving a command configured to be executed by an external user device. The external user device and the user device may be members of a network of trust. The processing may include detecting, by the wireless transceiver, a plurality of member devices of the network of trust in communication range of the device. The processing may include sending, by the wireless transceiver, the command to each of the plurality of member devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Adam R. Koeppel, James Zarakas, Molly Johnson, Tyler Locke, Rajko Ilincic, Kevan Emmott
  • Patent number: 12327252
    Abstract: A fraud detection platform may receive transaction data relating to a transaction conducted by a user with a transaction card. The fraud detection platform may receive, from a biometric sensor of the transaction card, biometric data relating to one or more biometric characteristics of the user during the transaction. The fraud detection platform may receive, from an accelerometer of the transaction card, card movement data relating to a measure of shaking of the transaction card by the user during the transaction. The fraud detection platform may process the transaction data, the biometric data, and the card movement data, with a fraud detection model, to determine a fraud score associated with the transaction. The fraud detection platform may perform one or more actions based on the fraud score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Molly Johnson, Adam Vukich, James Zarakas
  • Patent number: 12324529
    Abstract: A multi-function transaction card may receive, from shelf sensors, first data indicating that items have been removed from shelves by a customer of a merchant, and may receive, from shopping cart sensors, second data indicating that the items have been placed in a shopping cart. The multi-function transaction card may receive, based on the first data and the second data, item data identifying the items placed in the shopping cart, wherein the item data is received from price tags of the items. The multi-function transaction card may store the item data, and may provide, to a transaction terminal of the merchant, the item data identifying the items and customer data identifying the customer. The multi-function transaction card may receive, from the transaction terminal, transaction data identifying a transaction that charges the multi-function transaction card for a total cost of the items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Adam Vukich, James Zarakas, Molly Johnson
  • Publication number: 20250182156
    Abstract: A device may receive, from a client device of a customer, item data identifying a price of an item and customer data identifying the customer, where the item data may be received by a transaction card from a price tag of the item. The device may receive price data identifying prices associated with multiple items and other data identifying locations, availabilities, and terms of the multiple items, and may process the item data, the price data, and the other data, with a machine learning model, to identify an optimal price for the item. The device may provide, to the client device, data identifying the optimal price and data identifying a merchant associated with the optimal price, and may receive transaction data identifying the item, the optimal price, and the merchant when the customer purchases the item. The device may perform actions based on the transaction data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2025
    Publication date: June 5, 2025
    Inventors: Molly JOHNSON, Adam VUKICH, James ZARAKAS
  • Patent number: 12321921
    Abstract: An EMV enabled terminal may communicate transaction related information to a user via a standard user interface of the terminal, for example, within a user interface displayed on a display screen of the terminal. The transaction related information may be spoken out loud to the user by the terminal. However, users with visual, audio, or other physical impairments may be unable to access the display of the terminal, view the displayed information, or hear the spoken information. Systems and methods disclosed herein communicate transaction related information via an alternate user interface. Instead of relying on the standard user interface related communications, information about the status of a transaction or transaction related information may be determined based on monitoring and evaluating the communications between an EMV secure element of a dynamic transaction card and the terminal via a contact connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Molly Johnson, James Zarakas, Adam Vukich
  • Publication number: 20250156853
    Abstract: A transaction card includes a near-field communication (NFC) component, a security component, a wireless component, one or more memories, and one or more processors communicatively coupled to the one or more memories. The device receives a signal from a user device attempting to access a secure application, and energizes the NFC component based on the signal received from the user device. The device causes the security component to generate an encrypted code based on the NFC component being energized, and provides, via the security component, the encrypted code to the wireless component. The device provides, via the wireless component, the encrypted code to the user device to permit the user device to utilize the encrypted code as authentication for accessing the secure application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2025
    Publication date: May 15, 2025
    Inventors: James ZARAKAS, Molly JOHNSON, Robert PERRY, Adam KOEPPEL, Tyler LOCKE
  • Publication number: 20250148248
    Abstract: A transaction card may power on the transaction card using electric current induced from an interaction of the transaction card with an electromagnetic field. The transaction card may establish a communication with a device. The communication may indicate that the transaction card has powered. The transaction card may receive, from the device, a set of instructions to configure a set of applets on the transaction card after notifying the device that the transaction card has powered on. The set of applets to be configured may be related to completing one or more different transactions. The set of applets to be configured may be different than another set of applets already configured on the transaction card. The transaction card may configure the set of applets on the transaction card according to the set of instructions after receiving the set of instructions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2025
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Adam KOEPPEL, James ZARAKAS, Molly JOHNSON, Tyler LOCKE
  • Publication number: 20250140013
    Abstract: A device receives a transaction request concerning a transaction and a transaction card from a transaction terminal, and determines, based on the transaction request, information concerning the transaction card. The device sends, based on the transaction request and to a user device, a query concerning possession of the transaction card by a user of the user device, where the query includes an instruction for the user to confirm possession of the transaction card via a component of the user device. The device receives, from the user device and after sending the query to the user device, a response concerning possession of the transaction card by the user, and determines, based on the response and the information concerning the transaction card, whether the user has possession of the transaction card. The device performs, based on determining whether the user has possession of the transaction card, at least one action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Francisco PEREZLEON, Molly JOHNSON, Colin HART, Kaitlin NEWMAN, Angelina WU, Jason JI, Joshua EDWARDS
  • Patent number: 12265983
    Abstract: A device may receive, from a client device of a customer, item data identifying a price of an item and customer data identifying the customer, where the item data may be received by a transaction card from a price tag of the item. The device may receive price data identifying prices associated with multiple items and other data identifying locations, availabilities, and terms of the multiple items, and may process the item data, the price data, and the other data, with a machine learning model, to identify an optimal price for the item. The device may provide, to the client device, data identifying the optimal price and data identifying a merchant associated with the optimal price, and may receive transaction data identifying the item, the optimal price, and the merchant when the customer purchases the item. The device may perform actions based on the transaction data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Molly Johnson, Adam Vukich, James Zarakas