ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,566,836, issued on March 3, was assigned to United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio).
"Internet of things device based authentication" was invented by Christopher Russell (San Antonio), Emily Kathleen Krebs (San Antonio), Jose L. Romero Jr. (San Antonio), Reynaldo Medina III (San Antonio), Andre Rene Buentello (San Antonio), Noe Alberto Martinez (San Antonio), Cayley Danielle Collum (San Antonio) and Ryan Thomas Russell (San Antonio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices can be used to perform authentication related operations because IoT devices are prevalent in our society and because a serve...