US Patent Issued to VOLVO TRUCK on Nov. 11 for "Power scheduling for vehicle satellite communications" (Swedish Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,025, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to VOLVO TRUCK Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Power scheduling for vehicle satellite communications" was invented by Joshua Shire (Gothenburg, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and related aspects are disclosed for scheduling vehicle-satellite communications for a vehicle comprising a power controller configured to provide power to a satellite communications modem of the vehicle independently of at least a telematics gateway of the vehicle. The method comprises responsive to the power controller of a vehicle receiving a low power mode request, determining a geographic location, for exam...