ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,567,077, issued on March 3, was assigned to United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio).

"Systems and methods for user affiliations in metaverses" was invented by Timothy Blair Chalmers (San Antonio), Robert Lee Black (San Antonio), Subhalakshmi Selvam (Allen, Texas), Shayla Leigh Callis (Simi Valley, Calif.), Roberto Virgillio Jolliffe (San Antonio), Timothy Benjamin Czerlinsky (Dallas) and Sean Michael Wayne Craig (San Antonio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The embodiments described herein relate to systems and methods for identifying and promoting user affiliations in metaverses. For example, a metaverse user affiliati...