MUMBAI, India, Nov. 21 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517097498 A) filed by Interdigital Patent Holdings, Inc., Wilmington, U.S.A., on Oct. 9, for 'methods and apparatus for wtru-to-wtru relay discovery security and privacy.'

Inventor(s) include Ferdi, Samir; Perras, Michelle; Abbas, Taimoor; Son, Jung Je; and Sarathchandra, Magurawalage Chathura Madhusanka.

The application for the patent was published on Nov. 21, under issue no. 47/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A method for UE-to-UE (U2U) relay discovery security is disclosed. The method may comprise provisioning an end-UE with security material for a direct discovery set and a U2U discovery message a...