US Patent Issued to Avis Budget Car Rental on Sept. 23 for "Systems and methods for third party satellite radio activation and management" (New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,423,743, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Avis Budget Car Rental LLC (Parsippany, N.J.).

"Systems and methods for third party satellite radio activation and management" was invented by Wing Yu Joseph Chan (Randolph, N.J.) and Michael J. Caron (Bryan Township, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "System and methods for management of third party satellite radio activation/deactivation by a vehicle rental service company, wherein satellite radio services may be provided in a rental car when requested by a customer. The systems and methods will enable activation of a satellite radio shortly before or at the start of the rental period, and...