ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,858, issued on June 24, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"System and method for providing connected service" was invented by Tae Ho Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for providing a connected service includes a portable device and a vehicle terminal. User information is input into the portable device and the vehicle terminal, and a server receives the user information from one or more of the portable device and the terminal and determines whether the received user information is recognizable. The server further determines whether to store the user...