ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,568,070, issued on March 3, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Systems and methods for managing and transferring personalized vehicle settings and digital vehicle keys" was invented by Michael Jenkins (Auburn Hills, Mich.), Sarah Rowland (Ferndale, Mich.), Mohammed Aamer Hussain (Farmington Hills, Mich.), Scott Blaine (Grosse Pointe Shores, Mich.), Joerg Gerber (Rochester Hills, Mich.), Jamie G Blaine (Brighton, Mich.) and Homa Roshanaei (Rochester Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A communication system for digital key pairing of a vehicle includes a network transceiver configured for communication via one or m...