US Patent Issued to MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP on March 17 for "Method for providing a refuge space" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,809, issued on March 17, was assigned to MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Method for providing a refuge space" was invented by Christian Seiler (Fellbach-Schmiden, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for providing a refuge space in an object for a person seeking shelter involving triggering a refuge request via an application on a mobile terminal. A communication unit in the object receives the refuge request via wireless communication. The refuge request is saved in a database system and is anonymously checked based on the digital identity of the mobile terminal. The checking comprises a search in an access...