ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,037, issued on July 29, was assigned to HERE GLOBAL B.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Method, apparatus and computer program product for vehicle feature emulation" was invented by Leon Stenneth (Chicago), Jeremy Michael Young (Chicago) and Jerome Beaurepaire (Nantes, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method, apparatus, and computer program product are therefore provided for emulating vehicle features of a first vehicle in a second vehicle having different features. Methods may include: receiving an indication of a user operating an unfamiliar vehicle; determining vehicle features familiar to the user; and providing emulation of o...