ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,664,521, issued on June 23, was assigned to United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio).

"Systems and methods for interactive scheduling" was invented by Michael P. Bueche Jr. (San Antonio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are embodiments of systems, methods, and products comprises an analytic server, which automatically manages appointment scheduling. The analytic server receives a customer request to schedule an appointment. The analytic server determines the required data from both customer and service provider for making the appointment. The analytic server retrieves customer data comprising requested se...