ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,359, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit) and University of Ottawa (Ottawa).

"Situational recommendations and control" was invented by Ramesh Sethu (Troy, Mich.), Arun Adiththan (Sterling Heights, Mich.), Md Mhafuzul Islam (Warren, Mich.), Prakash M. Peranandam (Rochester Hills, Mich.), Amirhossein Zolfagharian (Ottawa) and Zohreh Aghababaeyan (Ottawa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for providing situational recommendations within a vehicle includes a system controller in communication with a plurality of onboard sensors, the plurality of onboard sensors adapted to collect real-time d...