ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,725,172, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA INC. (Plano, Texas).

"Automatic detection and validation of transport service" was invented by Satyajit P. Patne (The Colony, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example operation includes one or more of performing, by a transport, validation of a service that is utilized at a first time, in response to the validation at the first time, transferring, by the transport, a portion of a value related to the service, performing, by the transport, at least one other validation of the service that is utilized at a second time, wherein the second time is later than the fi...