ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,167, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT DRESDEN (Germany) and VODAFONE GMBH (Germany).

"Method for monitoring a vehicle convoy by means of vehicle-to-vehicle communication" was invented by Norman Franchi (Dresden, Germany), Arturo Antonio Gonzalez Rodriguez (Dresden, Germany) and Jurgen Caldenhoven (Dusseldorf, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method for monitoring a vehicle convoy containing at least two vehicles (1.1, 1.2), wherein the at least two vehicles (1.1, 1.2) in the vehicle convoy are each formed with a communication system, which is configured to use vehicl...