ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,772,315, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"System and method for vehicle communication with portable communication apparatus" was invented by Alaa Mourad (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A communication device includes at least one interface for communication with a first wireless transceiver. The communication device further includes one or more processors configured to receive information about an upcoming communication via a second wireless transceiver, and control the first wireless transceiver to emit a signal before the upcoming communication via the second wireless transceiver."

The p...