ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,482,319, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, R.I.).

"Managing vehicle access within geographic regions based on climate input signals" was invented by Christopher Boehm (North Augusta, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A technique is directed to managing vehicle access within a geographic region. The technique involves receiving a set of climate input signals that defines climate for the geographic region. The technique further involves, based on the set of climate input signals, performing a climate assessment operation that assesses whether to allow vehicle access within a set of geofenced areas o...