ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,328,557, issued on June 10, was assigned to Geotab Inc. (Oakville, Canada).

"Devices and methods for controlling audio output in a telematics system" was invented by Stephen Michael Fox (Oakville, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices and methods for controlling audio output in a telematics system are provided. In on method a telematics device determines that a parameter has exceeded a first threshold and sends an automatic volume control trigger message to an audio output device. The telematics device determines that a second parameter has exceeded a second threshold and sends an alert message to the audio output device. The aud...