ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,328,302, issued on June 10, was assigned to HYUNDAI AUTOEVER CORP. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Apparatus and method for storing and encrypting data based on adaptive AUTOSAR" was invented by Ji-Woong Park (Gwangju-si, South Korea) and Keon-Woo Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are an apparatus and method for storing and encrypting data based on Adaptive automotive open system architecture (AUTOSAR). An apparatus for storing and encrypting data based on Adaptive AUTOSAR includes a storage module (Persistency) included in an application program interface (API) defined in the Adaptive AUTOSAR and configured to mana...