ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,554,256, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Polaris Industries Inc. (Medina, Minn.).

"Communication and relay systems for vehicles" was invented by Kevin M. Peizner (Vancouver, Wash.) and Samir P. Ouahhabi (Battle Ground, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems are provided to facilitate information sharing between vehicles. A relay vehicle may be provided which is in communication with a first group of remote vehicles over a first network and a second group of remote vehicles over a second network."

The patent was filed on Oct. 9, 2023, under Application No. 18/377,904.

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