ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,506,638, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Synching control area network (CAN) databases using remote transmission requests to control CAN communication in a vehicle" was invented by Ashwin Kulkarni (Superior Township, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for controlling CAN communication in a vehicle are provided. The method may comprise storing CAN message information in the plurality of CAN databases such that each CAN database stores a unique configuration of the CAN message information, determining a system mode of operation comprising d...