ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,309,171, issued on May 20, was assigned to Nagravision Sarl (Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Switzerland).
"Secure communication between in-vehicle electronic control units" was invented by Christophe Buffard (Phoenix) and Sanjeev Sehgal (Phoenix).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the present disclosure address systems, methods, and devices for enabling secure communication between electronic control units (ECUs) in a vehicle. The system may include a first and second ECU from a plurality of ECUs in the vehicle. The first ECU is to enable secure communication between the plurality of ECUs by performing operations that include provisioning ...