ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,709, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Server apparatus, system, and operating method of system" was invented by Yoshikazu Jikuhara (Miyoshi, Japan), Shin Sakurada (Toyota, Japan), Tomokazu Maya (Nagoya, Japan), Hiroyuki Bandai (Toyota, Japan) and Hiromitsu Fujii (Kariya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A server apparatus includes a communication interface and a controller configured to communicate, using the communication interface, with a mobile object having a facility for executing one or more processes in a plurality of processes to be executed sequentially to manufacture a product. Th...