ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,445,420, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Message encryption method and electronic device" was invented by Dohoon Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sewon Park (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jookyoung Park (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a communication module, a memory, and a server processor operably connected to the communication module and the memory. The server processor acquires, from the first electronic device, a first message encrypted based on first security information about the second electron...