ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,541,359, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Server, vehicle, and software management method" was invented by Satoru Fukuyo (Nisshin, Japan) and Takuya Kawasaki (Anjo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A server is configured to manage software for an electronic control unit mounted on a vehicle. The server includes: one or more memories that store flag data for switching between an activated state and a deactivated state of a specific function that is executable by the software; and one or more processors configured to generate an electronic signature to be added to the flag data. The one or more pro...