ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,536,906, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Lytx Inc. (San Diego).

"Unified map for driving efficiency and safety" was invented by Daniel Witriol (Kirkland, Wash.), Amir Sultan (Winnipeg, Canada) and Emily Yang (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application discloses a method, system, and computer system for performing an active measure for managing one or more vehicles. The method includes (a) obtaining, by one or more processors, context information for one or more vehicles, (b) obtaining a plurality of hazard information from a one or more data sources, (c) determining whether to perform an active measure for managi...