ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,284,001, issued on April 22.
"Impact initiated automated information transfer" was invented by Daniel Ian Zwillinger (Newton, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for impact initiated automated information transfer comprising causing a physical contact between a first device and a second device and determining a delta acceleration experienced by the first device during the physical contact based on a movement vector provided by a sensor module disposed in the first device. The determined delta acceleration is compared with predefined range of positive and negative delta acceleration values which represent change in acceleration a...