ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,982, issued on June 23.

"Apparatus and method for providing real-time vehicle data capture and vehicle identification" was invented by DeAnjelo Bradley (Oklahoma City).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and method for providing real-time vehicle data capture and vehicle identification. The apparatus includes an identification and data capture system, a network, a vehicle management server, at least one guardian angel device and at least one data storage device. The identification and data capture system includes, a display device, a media recording unit, at least one trigger unit, at least one computer-readable storage media ...