ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,556,310, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Vehicle and method for preventing communication collisions between communication terminals provided in a vehicle" was invented by Jaeyoon Ko (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Minwoo Lee (Anyang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes a first communication terminal; a second communication terminal; and a controller configured to transmit vehicle identification information of the vehicle to the first communication terminal or the second communication terminal according to a request from the first ...