ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,423,084, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Server, software update system, software update method, and non-transitory storage medium" was invented by Tomoyasu Ishikawa (Nagoya, Japan), Hiroshi Inoue (Nagoya, Japan), Shunsuke Tanimori (Arlington, Va.) and Nana Kikuire (Toyota, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A server includes one or more processors configured to: make a request of a first terminal and a second terminal for a reply as to whether to approve a process related to update of software for a control device mounted on a vehicle, the first terminal being a terminal mounted on the vehicl...