US Patent Issued to United Services Automobile Association (USAA) on Sept. 16 for "Emergency navigation guidance using a beacon device network" (Texas, Colorado, New Mexico Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,500, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio).

"Emergency navigation guidance using a beacon device network" was invented by Kelsey Anne O'Brien (Austin, Texas), Meredith Beveridge (Morrison, Colo.), Eric David Schroeder (San Antonio), Manfred Amann (San Antonio), Matthew Ryan Santacroce (Rio Rancho, N.M.), Kelly Q. Baker (San Antonio), Donnette L. Moncrief Brown (San Antonio), Justin Dax Haslam (San Antonio) and Timothy Frank Davison (San Antonio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system of providing guidance and information to an end-user during an emergency situation...