ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,787, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Server" was invented by Masato Ehara (Gotemba, Japan), Daiki Yokoyama (Gotemba, Japan), Yuki Takahashi (Susono, Japan), Tomoya Takahashi (Ebina, Japan), Tomoyuki Kubota (Susono, Japan), Sachio Toyora (Gotemba, Japan), Keisuke Fukuoka (Fujieda, Japan), Zidan Xu (Yokohama, Japan), Wenfeng Liang (Yokohama, Japan) and Hiroki Murata (Gotemba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A server includes a processor and a communication device configured to acquire a transmitted power amount transmitted from a power facility during external charging of a vehicle participat...