ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,598, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).

"Smart vehicle systems and control logic for dynamic digital radio selection based on vehicle location" was invented by Aaron Adler (Rochester Hills, Mich.), Gregg R. Kittinger (Oakland Township, Mich.) and Nahel Eshaq (Rochester, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Presented are control systems for governing analog and digital radio services in motor vehicles, methods for making/using such systems, and vehicles equipped with such systems. A method of controlling a vehicle includes an in-vehicle radio tuner receiving selections of broadcast radio ...