ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,682,413, issued on July 14, was assigned to Hyundai Kefico Corp. (Gunpo, South Korea).

"Shared vehicle dispatch system and method" was invented by Ho Kyung Kim (Hwaseong, South Korea), Sil Lo Jin (Gunpo, South Korea), In Jae Kwak (Hwaseong, South Korea), Sang Hwan Oh (Hwaseong, South Korea), Sang Hoon Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Dae Woo Kim (Gunpo, South Korea), Nam Chul Paik (Anyang, South Korea), Hyeong Tae Noh (Gunpo, South Korea) and Se Hee Byun (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shared vehicle dispatch system dispatches shared vehicles based on driver grades classified by learning user driving patterns, and a shared ...