ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,915, issued on Nov. 18.
"Vehicular OTA software update apparatus and method thereof" was invented by Hyun Sang Kim (Hwaseong-Si, South Korea) and Yun Sup Ann (Hwaseong-Si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicular over-the-air (OTA) software update apparatus and a method thereof are provided. The vehicular OTA software update apparatus includes a communication device that downloads a software update package from a server and a controller connected with the communication device. The controller determines whether it is possible to perform a software update based on at least one of a location of a vehicle access authenticat...