US Patent Issued to United Services Automobile Association (USAA) on April 8 for "Wireless communication device with concealed value in mobile gaming" (North Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,967, issued on April 8, was assigned to United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio).

"Wireless communication device with concealed value in mobile gaming" was invented by Ruthie D. Lyle (Durham, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for guiding game play of a game in an augmented reality game space. The game runs on a smart device in conjunction with a game space. The method includes determining that a user has completed a game objective and earned the right to a game piece having a concealed value. Information including an indication that the user has completed the game objective is sent from a smart device to...