ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,400,213, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio).

"Temporary debit card system and method" was invented by Brian Francisco Shipley (Plano, Texas), Priyadarshini Badugu (Frisco, Texas), Ivan Ortiz (Little Elm, Texas), Sean Carl Mitchem (San Antonio), Jennifer Anne Scamardo (Frisco, Texas) and Janell Guzman (Boerne, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system for managing and providing access to a temporary debit card is disclosed. The embodiments provide a system that authenticates remote users of an ATM kiosk who request a temporary debit card. The authentication occurs ...