ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,321,499, issued on June 3, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).
"Software update protection system" was invented by Karl B. Leboeuf (LaSalle, Canada), Brian Farrell (Troy, Mich.) and Thomas M. Forest (Macomb, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a vehicle external to a back office portal. The back office portal is operational to generate a signed update mode record. The vehicle has multiple devices and a component. The component is in communication with the devices, and operational to receive the signed update mode record, verify that the signed update mode record is from the back office portal ...