ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,499,207, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to United States Automobile Association (USSA) (San Antonio).

"Validating a member and securing access to member data" was invented by Oscar Roberto Tijerina (San Antonio), Noe Alberto Martinez (San Antonio), Huihui Wu (Grapevine, Texas), Steven Michael Bernstein (San Antonio) and Nickolaus Wayne O'Neal (San Antonio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Members of a limited member organization can be validated, and certain data can be publicly shared and confirmed. A member of the organization may be part of a company, and validation data related to the member and/or company can be analyzed to validate t...