US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on July 28 for "Server and software distribution system" (Japanese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,693,843, issued on July 28, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Server and software distribution system" was invented by Tomoyasu Ishikawa (Nagoya, Japan), Hiroshi Inoue (Nagoya, Japan), Shunsuke Tanimori (Arlington, Va.) and Nana Kikuire (Toyota, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A server that distributes software, includes one or more processors configured to: classify a plurality of vehicles that is software distribution targets into a first vehicle and a second vehicle; and prioritize software distribution to the second vehicle over software distribution to the first vehicle. The first vehicle is configured to wi...