ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,339,991, issued on June 24, was assigned to United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio).
"Data protection systems and methods" was invented by Justin Dax Haslam (San Antonio), Jose L. Romero Jr. (San Antonio) and Arthur Quentin Smith (Fredericksburg, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a data protection system that operates to shield private data from detection or communication over a network. In an embodiment, the system includes a shielding device that, when active, provides a shielding output that shields, e.g., obscures, detection of private data by sensors of smart devices. The shielding may be selective...