ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,322,213, issued on June 3, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Total terminal system and operating method thereof" was invented by Jeongtaek Oh (Seoul, South Korea), Sojeong Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Hanul Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Donghyuk Oh (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A total terminal system includes a front-seat total terminal provided in a front driver compartment of a taxi vehicle and a rear-seat total terminal provided in a rear passenger compartment of the taxi vehicle. The front-seat total terminal includes an application program device configur...