US Patent Issued on June 30 for "Systems and methods for predatory towing prevention and notification" (Michigan, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,207, issued on June 30.

"Systems and methods for predatory towing prevention and notification" was invented by Stuart C. Salter (White Lake, Mich.), Kendra White (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Ryan O'Gorman (Beverly Hills, Mich.), Brendan Diamond (Naples, Fla.) and Keith Weston (Canton, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle that can assist with preventing predatory towing is provided. The vehicle includes one or more sensors that can capture audio-visual and other data related to a location at which the vehicle may be parked. Based on the captured data, the vehicle can determine if that location has any specific parking rules and wheth...