ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,784,589, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Lytx Inc. (San Diego).

"Unified map interface" 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 providing a unified map. The method includes (a) obtaining context information for one or more vehicles, (b) obtaining a plurality of hazard information from a data source, (c) determining whether one or more hazards are comprised in a predefined area, (d) in response to determining that the one or more hazards are within the predefined are...