US Patent Issued to GM Global Technology Operations on April 15 for "Method and system for symmetric key distribution between electronic vehicle components" (Iowa Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,278,892, issued on April 15, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).

"Method and system for symmetric key distribution between electronic vehicle components" was invented by Kenneth William Junk (Marshalltown, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system for public key infrastructure (PKI) in software defined vehicles enables secure communication between electronic components. The method includes establishing trust between multiple electronic components through a certificate history comprising signed public keys stored on each component. Once trust is established through attestation between components, th...