ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,373,087, issued on July 29, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Coupling of user interfaces" was invented by Markus Strassberger (Wartenberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system couples a first user interface with a second user interface. The first user interface is implemented in the form of a mobile terminal or one or more back-end components. The second user interface is implemented in the form of a control device of a vehicle. The method includes the steps of: registering one or more elements of the first user interface; determining one or more display elements based on first heuristics and t...