ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,465, issued on July 15, was assigned to Volvo Car Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).
"Keyless key" was invented by Christoffer Carlsson (Gothenburg, Sweden) and Alfons Massey (Trollhattan, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various systems and methods are presented regarding incorporating "connected/smart" vehicle technology into a legacy system vehicle. A smart key can be communicatively coupled to a digital/electronic interface, wherein the key and the interface are co-located on a vehicle. One or more portable devices (e.g., one or more cellphones) can be configured to communicate with the interface and, accordingly, operate the vehic...