ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,395,849, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Method for securing communication" was invented by Mei Huang (Heidelberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for securing communication between at least two participants, each having an identification and a safeguard and communicate therewith, in encrypted form involves the participants exchanging exchange their identification. At least one of the participants communicates its position in addition to its identification to the other participant. The position of the participant being determined or queried by the other participant without ...