ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,285, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to DISH Wireless LLC (Littleton, Colo.).

"Cloud-based automated navigation" was invented by William Beckwith (Washington).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Automated navigation systems and methods are provided. An example method includes receiving a request for automated navigation service from an autonomous vehicle, the request including vehicle information and a destination of the autonomous vehicle. The method further includes receiving continuously real-time location and position measurements data from the autonomous vehicle, determining a virtual zone centered around the autonomous vehicle, ident...