ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,355, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Method and system for smart guided selection of networks" was invented by Venkata Naga Siva Vikas Vemuri (Farmington Hills, Mich.), Prakash M. Peranandam (Rochester Hills, Mich.), Andrew J. MacDonald (Grosse Pointe Park, Mich.), Sitaram Emani (Novi, Mich.) and John Sergakis (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for smart guided selection of networks includes detecting a wireless connectivity issue between. The in-vehicle network device is inside a vehicle, and the network access device may be inside or outside the vehicl...