ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,542,018, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Universal City Studios LLC (Universal City, Calif.).

"Autonomous vehicle locker utilization systems and methods" was invented by Eric To Chan (Kissimmee, Fla.), Robert Michael Jordan (Orlando, Fla.), Howard Bruce Mall Jr. (Winter Springs, Fla.), Mark James Traynor (Orlando, Fla.) and Anthony Melo (Orlando, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An autonomous vehicle locker system includes a controller configured to associate an autonomous vehicle locker with a guest at a first location, receive an indication that guest items are within a storage compartment, secure the storage compartment based on t...