MUMBAI, India, Feb. 7 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202311051691 A) filed by Mercedes-Benz Group Ag, Stuttgart, Germany, on Aug. 1, 2023, for 'system for payment authentication by means of a vehicle and method thereof.'

Inventor(s) include Nikhil Sharma.

The application for the patent was published on Feb. 7, under issue no. 06/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A system (100) and a method (900) for payment authentication by means of a vehicle (304) are disclosed. Inside the vehicle (304), a vehicle head unit (402) communicates with a controller/encoder 404 for scanning a proximity region of the vehicle (304) via a transmitter (406). A receiver (410) of a pay...