ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,748,890, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio).

"Anonymized transfer of personally identifiable information" was invented by Sean Michael Wayne Craig (San Antonio) and Roberto Virgillio Jolliffe (San Antonio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some implementations of the technology relate to anonymizing personally identifiable information (PII) by creating a quick response (QR) code linked to a website that can verify that driver's license information and insurance information of a driver is available and valid, without showing the PII itself. Some implementations can allow another dr...