US Patent Issued to GM Global Technology Operations on Nov. 4 for "Selection of offload-opportunity wireless networks that respect personal data" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,464,447, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).

"Selection of offload-opportunity wireless networks that respect personal data" was invented by Lakshmi V. Thanayankizil (Rochester Hills, Mich.), James J. Kelly III (Detroit) and Christopher J. Wieland (Novi, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Herein, a technology that facilitates the selection of offload-opportunity wireless networks that respects personal data is discussed. The technology includes tracking a wireless network environment of a parked vehicle and selecting qualifying candidate wireless networks to be an offload-opportunity wireless...