ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,526,878, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Method and system for transferring a call from a means of transportation to a mobile terminal" was invented by Michael Neuhaeuser (Sankt Wolfgang, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for transferring a call from a vehicle to a mobile terminal is provided. According to the method, an emergency call system of the vehicle is initiated in order to place an emergency call, communication between the vehicle and a central unit is established, and at least one part of the communication between the vehicle and the central unit is transferred to a mobile...