ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,412,224, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Method, system and computer-readable medium for managing souvenir supply service" was invented by Miki Nomoto (Nagoya, Japan), Yuka Nishiyama (Toyota, Japan), Kenichi Okumura (Gotemba, Japan), Ryota Tomizawa (Mishima, Japan), Tatsuya Sugano (Shizuoka-ken, Japan), Yushi Seki (Kanagawa-ken, Japan) and Tokuhiro Masui (Nagoya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for managing a souvenir supply service is provided. The method includes the step of acquiring map information and information on a sightseeing plan of a user using the souvenir supply service...