ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,481,958, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Data updating method and storage medium" was invented by Nobuhiro Yoshida (Aichi-ken, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The data updating method includes a step of acquiring part information of a part to be delivered, a step of acquiring part information of the part ordered from the ordering information database, a step of collating the part information of the part to be delivered with the part information of the part ordered, a step of acquiring new or change information of the part ordered from the design information database, a step of determining whe...