ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,538,119, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio).
"Enhanced mobile privacy with code words" was invented by Nina Cooper (San Antonio), Mark Paxman Warnick (San Antonio), Courtney St. Martin (Duluth, Ga.) and Megan Sarah Jennings (San Antonio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for codeword substitution are provided. Embodiments provide a way to enhance privacy when communicating over the phone. A user has predefined codewords that map to various kinds of sensitive information that they would prefer not to say audibly on the phone. When the user is on the phone and aske...