ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,417,458, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to AVATHON INC. (Pleasanton, Calif.).
"Contactless payment from a vehicle" was invented by Syed Mohammad Amir Husain (Georgetown, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Contactless payment from a vehicle, including: configuring the vehicle with payment information associated with a payment mechanism; receiving a request for payment from a payment recipient; requesting, by the vehicle, permission to transmit at least a portion of the payment information associated with the payment mechanism to the payment receiving mechanism; receiving, by the vehicle, permission to transmit at least a portion of t...