ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,406,050, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya, Japan).

"Method and system for diagnostic services with remote attestation" was invented by Ameer Kashani (Southfield, Mich.), Carlos Mora-Golding (Southfield, Mich.) and Tomonori Ikuse (Kariya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of authenticating a host electronic device in communication with a vehicle is provided. The method includes receiving, from the host electronic device, credential information to authenticate an identification of the host electronic device, prior to allowing access to secure data to control one or more functions of a vehicle. The credenti...