ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,254,308, issued on March 18, was assigned to Mercedes-Benz Group AG (Stuttgart, Germany).

"System, device and/or method for updating vehicle subsystem configurations" was invented by Kevin Klinemeier (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Example methods, apparatuses, and/or articles of manufacture are disclosed that may be implemented, in whole or in part, in connection with executing an update to a configuration of one or more vehicles deployed in the field. In one particular implementation, aspects of an updated configuration are to be determined "on the fly" responsive to a particular event."

The patent was filed on Nov. 17, 2022,...