ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,367,433, issued on July 22, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method, apparatus, and system for allocating a moving object for a fleet system" was invented by Jae Jun Ha (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Young Jun Moon (Sejong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method, an apparatus and a system for allocating a moving object for a fleet system may be provided. The fleet system has a fleet spot divided into a multiplicity of zones provided as accommodating space of a moving object. The method includes: receiving, in a server, a use request of the moving object from a...