ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,432,250, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Distributed intrusion detection systems (IDS) and methods for internet of things (IoT) devices" was invented by Kevin Peter Vlasich (Centerville, Minn.), Geoffrey Allen Lowe (Golden Valley, Minn.), Marion Mark Cherry (Golden Valley, Minn.) and Kevin P. Staggs (Phoenix).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A distributed intrusion detection system (IDS) is provided. The IDS includes, but is not limited to: a plurality of IDS sensors distributed in internet of things (IoT) devices; and a server, coupled to the plurality of IDS sensors through a network, ...