ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,505,480, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Server" was invented by Yuko Terasawa (Tokyo-to, Japan), Makoto Kakuchi (Toyota, Japan), Toshiaki Karasawa (Tokyo-to, Japan), Takeshi Higashi (Nagoya, Japan) and Yoshihiko Endo (Tokyo-to, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A server is configured to communicate with a vehicle. The vehicle includes a battery and a storage unit for storing software. The server includes a communication device and a processing device. The communication device is configured to perform wireless communication with the vehicle. The processing device is configured to be capable of ...