ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,335,120, issued on June 17, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Apparatus for monitoring OTA ROM data and method thereof" was invented by Yong Woon Cho (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for monitoring OTA ROM data to monitor whether there is an abnormality in the OTA ROM data using data of a network switch and a method thereof are provided. A monitoring device monitors information about data communication of each of ports of a network switch, in a process where OTA ROM data is transmitted to an OTA update target controller in a vehicle through the...