US Patent Issued to United Services Automobile Association (USAA) on July 15 for "Systems and methods for facilitating purchases" (Texas, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,361,453, issued on July 15, was assigned to United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio).

"Systems and methods for facilitating purchases" was invented by Marty Lee Mendivil (San Antonio), Rickey Dale Burks (Boerne, Texas), Charles Lee Oakes III (Boerne, Texas), Michael Patrick Bueche Jr. (San Antonio), Christopher A. Jackson (San Antonio), Margaret M. Tuschinski (San Antonio), Craig Kincaid (Floresville, Texas), Luke James Gradeless (San Antonio), Elizabeth Jackson (Helotes, Texas) and Stephen Basilotto (Simsbury, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for facilitating a program with participating mercha...