ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,718,685, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Server and method of controlling the same" was invented by Seungwoo Ha (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computing device includes: a communicator configured to communicate with a target vehicle and a plurality of vehicles; and a controller electrically connected to the communicator, wherein the controller is configured to collect vehicle data of the target vehicle and the plurality of vehicles, determine a traffic volume in an area in which the target vehicle is traveling, based on the collected vehi...