US Patent Issued to United Services Automobile Association (USAA) on Feb. 24 for "Digital currency infrastructure" (Texas, Florida, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,561,671, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio).

"Digital currency infrastructure" was invented by Jennifer Marie Chandler-Bradley (Tampa, Fla.), Joel S. Hartshorn (Port Orchard, Wash.), Roberto Virgillio Jolliffe (San Antonio), Belinda Luna-Pulido (San Antonio) and Ashley Raine Philbrick (San Antonio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of integrating digital currency usage into financial transaction systems and infrastructure are discussed herein. Such contemplated systems and infrastructure may facilitate the use and/or adoption of digital currency in a variety of contexts. By ...