ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,726,798, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Proxy coordinated wireless communication operation for vehicular environments" was invented by Dave Cavalcanti (Portland, Ore.) and Anna Lucia Pinheiro (Hillsboro, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Proxy coordinated wireless communication operation is described for vehicular environments. In one example, a first user equipment receives a proxy operation authorization from a vehicular environment proximity services function for the first user equipment to operate as a Proxy for the proximity services function. The first user equipment then controls configuratio...