ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,587,527, issued on March 24, was assigned to United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio).

"Secondary device audio signal detection authentication method and system" was invented by Christine Danielle Sanchez (San Antonio), Oscar Roberto Tijerina (San Antonio), Gerald John Wright (San Antonio), Melisa Izaguirre (Boerne, Texas), Tujwanda LaDonna Trail (San Antonio), Ruthie D. Lyle (Durham, N.C.), Snehal Desai (Richardson, Texas), David Joaquin Harris (San Antonio), Eric David Schroeder (San Antonio) and Jeffrey David Calusinski (San Antonio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An audio signal-based method and system of authentic...