ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,681,716, issued on July 14, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Server, software management system, software management method, and non-transitory storage medium" was invented by Satoru Fukuyo (Nisshin, Japan) and Takuya Kawasaki (Anjo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A server that is configured to manage software for electronic equipment installed in a vehicle, the server includes: storage in which first software is stored; and one or more processors configured to transmit the first software to the vehicle via a wireless communication device. The one or more processors are configured to determine whether activatio...