ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,999, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to SCOOT RIDES INC. (Santa Monica, Calif.).
"Systems and methods for regulating vehicle access" was invented by Michael Keating (San Francisco), J. Loren Passmore (San Francisco) and Peter R. Russo (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for regulating vehicle access comprises receiving, from an electronic device of a user, a request to access a vehicle. The vehicle can be disposed at a designated geographic location. Next, geographic information of the user is received from the electronic device. The geographic information is determined with the aid of the electronic device of the ...