ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,494,095, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Method and device for the computer-supported monitoring of the operation of a vehicle service" was invented by Le Bao Huy Chau (Munich) and Marco Bross (Sao Paulo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for the computer-supported monitoring of the operation of a vehicle service includes providing in a test environment, a telematics control device of the vehicle type for which the vehicle service is intended to be monitored. The methods also includes simulating the vehicle using a first simulation unit generating test data and making the test data available t...