ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,270,926, issued on April 8, was assigned to CalAmp Corp. (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Technologies for determining location of a telematics device during communication mode switching" was invented by Robert Bradshaw (Carlsbad, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Technologies for determining the location of a telematics device during communication mode switching of the telematics device include switching a communication processor of the telematics device between a location mode and a data mode. In the location mode, the communication processor is configured to receive location data from a location beacon system and determine a present location ...