US Patent Issued to SideAssure on March 25 for "Electronic device for secure communications with an automobile" (American, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,261,830, issued on March 25, was assigned to SideAssure Inc. (Camas, Wash.).

"Electronic device for secure communications with an automobile" was invented by Siva G. Narendra (Portland, Ore.), Pradeep H. Rajashekarappa (Bangalore, India) and Andrew James Thomas (Wilsonville, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mobile device securely communicates with an electronic device within an automobile. The mobile device transmits encrypted spatial state information and the electronic device provides commands to the automobile in response. Spatial state information may include location, motion, or the like. Commands to the automobile may include...