ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,212,689, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to EI ELECTRONICS LLC (Westbury, N.Y.).

"Providing security in an intelligent electronic device" was invented by Joseph Spanier (Brooklyn, N.Y.) and Dulciane Siqueira Cansancao (Olinda, Brazil).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatuses, systems, and methods for providing security in an intelligent electronic device (IED) are provided. In one aspect of the present disclosure, an IED is provided including at least one processor that receives a communication via a communication interface, the communication including an unencrypted file and a digital signature. The at least one processor decrypts the ...