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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2025

Filed:

Apr. 21, 2023
Applicant:

Toyota Connected North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);

Inventors:

David Tsai, Irvine, CA (US);

Will Hargis, Celina, TX (US);

Charan S. Lota, Frisco, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 35/00 (2024.01); H04L 9/00 (2022.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01); B60K 35/85 (2024.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 35/00 (2013.01); H04L 9/50 (2022.05); B60K 35/28 (2024.01); B60K 35/85 (2024.01); B60K 2360/177 (2024.01); B60K 2360/33 (2024.01); H04L 2209/84 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods for generating a non-fungible token for controlling a physical vehicle and methods of controlling a physical vehicle are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of generating a non-fungible token for controlling a physical vehicle includes generating a virtual vehicle within a virtual environment, wherein the virtual vehicle corresponds to the physical vehicle, receiving, within the virtual environment, requests corresponding to a sequence of actions for one or more virtual vehicle components, controlling the virtual vehicle such that the virtual vehicle performs the sequence of actions, generating instructions for performing the sequence of actions by the physical vehicle, and generating the non-fungible token, wherein the non-fungible token comprises the instructions for performing the sequence of actions by the physical vehicle such that the non-fungible token is configured to control one or more physical vehicle components of the physical vehicle to perform the sequence of actions.


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