ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,562,830, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"System and method for providing radio content to a vehicle using an enhanced AM radio access system" was invented by Matthew Jones (Beaverton, Ore.), Oliver Lei (Windsor, Canada), Joshua Wheeler (Trenton, Mich.) and David Richard Tengler (Beverly Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system, for providing radio content to a vehicle, includes a vehicle communication system, a vehicle infotainment system, and a vehicle entertainment support server remote from the vehicle. The vehicle communication system includes a tuner unresponsive to a f...