ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,355, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to MAGNA MIRRORS OF AMERICA INC. (Holland, Mich.).

"Vehicular communication system" was invented by Darryl P. De Wind (West Olive, Mich.), Justin E. Sobecki (Rockford, Mich.) and Eric S. Deuel (Allendale, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicular communication system includes a near field communication device disposed at a vehicle. Responsive to a near field communication-enabled device being within a threshold distance of the vehicle, the near field communication device wirelessly receives a wakeup near field communication from the near field communication-enabled device. Responsive to the...