ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,678, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (Atlanta).

"Anticipatory supply chain coordination with connected vehicle fleet and unmanned aerial vehicle integrations" was invented by Zhi Cui (Sugar Hill, Ga.), Roger D. Wickes (Gainesville, Ga.), Eric Zavesky (Austin, Texas) and James Pratt (Round Rock, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to anticipatory supply chain coordination with connected vehicle fleet and unmanned aerial vehicle ("UAV") integrations. According to one aspect disclosed herein, an energy provider system can obtain connected vehicle i...