ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,261, issued on July 22, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Server, charging system, and computer readable recording medium" was invented by Kazuhiro Sugimoto (Ashigarakami-gun, Japan), Kotoru Sato (Susono, Japan), Kumiko Katsumata (Susono, Japan), Shun Ota (Susono, Japan) and Takahiro Suzuki (Susono, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A server includes a processor configured to: acquire user schedule information indicating an action schedule of a user and other person schedule information indicating an action schedule of another person associated with the user; estimate, based on the user schedule information, a ...