ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,021, issued on May 26, was assigned to AUDI AG (Ingolstadt, Germany).

"Method for operating a mobile device via a motor vehicle" was invented by Marc Masllorens Torrens (Ludwigsburg, Germany), Heiko Offenberger (Binau, Germany), Daniel Schluter (Heilbronn, Germany), Rene Valnion (Heilbronn, Germany) and Sebastian Grams (Bad Rappenau, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for operating a mobile device via a motor vehicle. The method includes providing an application program, in particular an app, on the mobile device; coupling, in particular wireless coupling of the mobile device with the motor vehicle; transmitting control d...