ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,766, issued on May 13, was assigned to AURORA OPERATIONS INC. (Pittsburgh).

"Systems and methods for providing a vehicle service via a transportation network for autonomous vehicles" was invented by Alden James Woodrow (Oakland, Calif.) and Robert Evan Miller (San Mateo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for providing a vehicle service are provided. In one example embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes receiving data indicative of a service request to provide a vehicle service for an entity with respect to one or more cargo items designated for autonomous transport. The method includes obtaining a ...