US Patent Issued to Snap-on on March 24 for "System and method for accessing vehicle communication applications requiring vehicle identification without re-entering vehicle identification" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,585,664, issued on March 24, was assigned to Snap-on Inc. (Kenosha, Wis.).

"System and method for accessing vehicle communication applications requiring vehicle identification without re-entering vehicle identification" was invented by Patrick S. Merg (Hollister, Calif.), Jacob G. Foreman (San Jose, Calif.), Joshua C. Covington (San Juan Bautista, Calif.) and Roy Steven Brozovich (Campbell, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatus are provided for repairing vehicles. A computing device having first and second software executables can determine vehicle identification information (VII) that identifies a vehicle. The com...