ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,315,352, issued on May 27, was assigned to United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio).

"Monitoring and reacting to nearby moving vehicles" was invented by Arthur Quentin Smith (Fredericksburg, Texas), Oscar Guerra (San Antonio), Robert Lee Black (San Antonio), Timothy Blair Chalmers (San Antonio), Justin Dax Haslam (San Antonio), Noe Alberto Martinez (San Antonio) and Jon D. McEachron (Boerne, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method may include receiving, via at least one processor, alert data that may include an alert associated with a vehicle identifier of an additional vehicle and location data. The method may t...