US Patent Issued to TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA on Nov. 25 for "Security for content delivery during vehicle charging" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,483,762, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA INC. (Plano, Texas) and TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Aichi-Ken, Japan).

"Security for content delivery during vehicle charging" was invented by James J. George (Frisco, Texas), James D. Wilder (Dallas) and Christopher E. Yang (Frisco, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example operation includes one or more of determining a vehicle is receiving content while connected to a charging point, and providing an alert when an adverse situation arises within a proximity threshold of the vehicle while an occupant is consuming the content."

The patent was filed on Feb. 15, 2024, ...