ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,749,063, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to AMERICAN TRAFFIC SOLUTIONS CONSOLIDATED LLC (Mesa, Ariz.).

"Sensor device and system for communicating information" was invented by David Centner (Roslyn Heights, N.Y.) and Pinku Kurian (Roslyn Heights, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor device for conducting electronic transactions from a vehicle including a housing including an RFID circuit operably connected to an RFID antenna, a short range communication device, the RFID circuit and short range communication device operably connected to a processor, and a power supply. The sensor device is wirelessly connectable to a mobile comm...