ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,556,410, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Malikie Innovations Ltd. (Ireland).

"Method and system for reduced V2X receiver processing load using network based application layer message processing" was invented by Stephen John Barrett (Haywards Heath, Great Britain) and John Octavius Goyo (Acton, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method at a network element for processing a first message destined for an intelligent transportation system station, the method including receiving from a sending entity, or generating, the first message at the network element; based on a source or contents of the first message, performing one of: discard...