ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,579,899, issued on March 17, was assigned to THALES (Courbevoie, France).

"Method for selecting at least one satellite navigation service provider and associated selection system" was invented by Jean-Pierre Arethens (Valence, France) and Denis Bouvet (Valence, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for selecting at least one satellite navigation service provider from a plurality of predetermined providers, the selection method being computer-implemented and comprising: a step for receiving a geographical position; a step of determining an indication relating to the authorization of use of at least one provider of the plurality ...