ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,557,743, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio).

"Systems and methods for sprinkler control based on environmental conditions" was invented by Yevgeniy Viatcheslavovich Khmelev (San Antonio), Justin Royell Nash (Little Elm, Texas), Bradly Jay Billman (Celina, Texas), Austin Ray Keeton (The Colony, Texas) and Gideon Bowie Luck (Wylie, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is generally directed toward a system for sprinkler system control based on environmental conditions. The system may include one or more processors and memory storing instructions executable by...