ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,240, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to ARCHIVE AUTO INC (South San Francisco, Calif.).

"Vehicle data acquisition and access system and method" was invented by Richard H. Hutchins (South San Fancisco, Calif.) and Timothy F. Reid (South San Francisco, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods to securely retrieve, process, and archive (e.g., via cloud systems) vehicle events, vehicle status, vehicle owner data, and historical data. The system provides real-time, or event-based, vehicle data acquisition to facilitate verifiable and accurate information. True and accurate vehicle data can be accessed by various companies...