ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,737,170, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Software management system for vehicle, software management method for vehicle, and non-transitory storage medium" was invented by Tomoaki Miyazawa (Nagoya, Japan), Ryota Nakabayashi (Nagoya, Japan), Naoki Yomoda (Toyota, Japan), Atsushi Mori (Miyoshi, Japan), Hiroshi Inoue (Nagoya, Japan) and Tsukasa Kitazawa (Toyota, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A software management system is a system for a vehicle including a first communication device configured to receive update data of software via a wireless LAN, and a second communication device configure...