ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,711,820, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Method for using internet of things ecosystem to prevent vehicle access key spoofing" was invented by Ahmed F. Al Alawy (Canton, Mich.), Venkata Naga Siva Vikas Vemuri (Farmington Hills, Mich.), Mustafa Hamada Chmeiseh (Shelby Township, Mich.) and John Sergakis (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle comprising a remote access controller arranged in the vehicle and configured to selectively execute a remote command originated by an access key device and to attempt to connect with an Internet of Things (IoT) device. If the...