ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,353,533, issued on July 8, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Terminal device, method, and storage medium" was invented by Seii Sai (Yokohama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A terminal device according to this disclosure is a terminal device including a controlling portion, a storage portion, and a communication portion. The controlling portion stores electronic tickets in the storage portion. The controlling portion executes authentication of a user through communication with a server. In a case where the user is authenticated successfully, the controlling portion causes an electronic ticket associated with the u...