ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,730,627, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Center, update management method, and non-transitory storage medium" was invented by Yoshikazu Sakai (Chiryu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A center, configured to communicate with an OTA master that controls software updating of a plurality of electronic control units, includes a processor. The processor is configured to receive, from the OTA master, first identification information that identifies the electronic control units, and to store compatibility information that defines a version of software that is compatible with the electronic control un...