ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,567,914, issued on March 3, was assigned to VOLKSWAGEN AG (Germany).

"Methods, computer programs and apparatuses for determining and using a predicted future quality of service of a wireless communication link" was invented by Andreas Pfadler (Berlin) and Guillaume Jornod (Berlin).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, computer programs, and apparatuses for determining and using a predicted future quality of service of a wireless communication link between a transceiver and a mobile transceiver. The method includes obtaining information on a position and a movement of the mobile transceiver, determining a predicted received power of the ...