ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,254,724, issued on March 18, was assigned to QUANATA LLC (San Francisco).

"System and method for providing user feedback regarding driving behavior and the effects on gas consumption and vehicle wear" was invented by Callum Brook (Piedmont, Calif.) and Theobolt N. Leung (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer-implemented method for providing feedback to drivers of vehicles is disclosed. The method comprises receiving an image corresponding to a vehicle indicating driving behavior data associated with a user. The driving behavior data are indicative of wear and tear on the vehicle or fuel efficiency for the vehicle and t...