ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,417,414, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Transportation system and operation method thereof" was invented by Yong Kwan Ji (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transportation system including a vehicle hub having a plurality of connection slots, each connection slot accommodating a plurality of vehicles such that the vehicle hub is connected to an interior space of each vehicle through the respective connection slot, the plurality of vehicles being categorized by travel theme, and the plurality of connection slots being grouped by category such that connection slots in a s...