ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,511,963, issued on Dec. 30.

"Control, monitoring, and/or security, apparatus and method for premises, vehicles, and/or articles" was invented by Raymond Anthony Joao (Yonkers, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus, including a server computer, located remote from a vehicle. The server computer receives a first message, transmitted from a user device located remote from the vehicle, and generates a second message containing information regarding an individual identified as being present inside or using the vehicle. If the vehicle is occupied or in use, the second message contains information identifying the individual. The serv...