ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,377, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Context-based reminder system for a vehicle" was invented by Md Mhafuzul Islam (Warren, Mich.), Arun Adiththan (Sterling Heights, Mich.) and Richard Romano (Shelby Township, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A context-based reminder system that determines a context-based reminder conveyed to an occupant of a vehicle includes a back-end server in wireless communication with one or more controllers that are part of the vehicle by a communication network. The back-send server receives, over the communication network, data indicative of a vehicle-o...