ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,045, issued on Jan. 27.

"Vehicle control system" was invented by Jack Wisnia (Dollard-des Ormeaux, Canada), James Speers (St. Albert, Canada) and Robert Nelson (Westmount, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides an apparatus, method and system for use with a vehicle having passive keyless entry and start (PKES) system including a vehicle unit and a key fob storage unit. The vehicle unit is to be installed with the vehicle having a first transceiver, a first relay transceiver an authentication unit, a first controller for controlling said first relay transceiver allowing said transmission if said user is ...