ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,373, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to VOLKSWAGEN AG (Germany).

"Vehicle, infrastructure component, apparatus, computer program, and method for a vehicle" was invented by Ahmad El Assaad (Wolfsburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transportation vehicle, infrastructure component, apparatus, computer program, and method for a transportation vehicle configured to be remotely operated by a remote driver in a remote driving mode and to be operated at least partially automatically in an automated driving mode. The method includes determining automated driving preferences of the transportation vehicle from driving behavior of the...