US Patent Issued to United Services Automobile Association (USAA) on March 25 for "Systems and methods for determining the driver of a vehicle" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,261,975, issued on March 25, was assigned to United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio).

"Systems and methods for determining the driver of a vehicle" was invented by Christopher M. Russell (San Antonio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for disabling distracting apps on a driver's personal devices while allowing passengers travelling in the same vehicle to have full use of their personal devices. The system works by first identifying all the personal devices that are in the vehicle and then establishing a loose mesh network between those devices. Once the mesh network is established, the system identifi...