ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,457,112, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE, CHINA SOUTHERN POWER GRID (Guangdong, China).

"Blockchain-based interconnected vehicle authentication system and method" was invented by Yun Zhao (Guangdong, China), Yong Xiao (Guangdong, China), Chao Cui (Guangdong, China), Haolin Wang (Guangdong, China), Bin Qian (Guangdong, China) and Ziwen Cai (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A blockchain-based interconnected vehicle authentication system and method. During message signature process, a registered vehicle verifies a driver, and broadcasts a message. During a message verification process, a r...