ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,550,039, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya, Japan).

"Vehicle communication system, relay server, and vehicle communication device" was invented by Masayuki Hoshino (Kariya, Japan) and Keisuke Ikushima (Kariya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Each of a first communication device and a second communication device is capable of performing vehicle-to-vehicle communication and cellular communication. The first communication device issues a proxy request to the second communication device for communication with an application server. When the second communication device receives proxy communication, the second communi...