US Patent Issued to PAYPAL on April 22 for "Utilizing a vehicle to determine an identity of a user" (California, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,282,943, issued on April 22, was assigned to PAYPAL INC. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Utilizing a vehicle to determine an identity of a user" was invented by Dennis Michael Driscoll (Chalfont, Pa.) and Michael Charles Todasco (Santa Clara, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There are provided systems and methods for utilizing a vehicle to determine an identity of a user. A user may establish a vehicle as associated with the user, such as a vehicle owned by the user or used by the user. The vehicle may include a vehicle device that may be configured to establish connections with other devices using short range and network communications. In var...