US Patent Issued to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson on June 17 for "Security component and method of operation" (Swedish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,333,055, issued on June 17, was assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (Stockholm).

"Security component and method of operation" was invented by Niklas Lindskog (Lund, Sweden) and Hakan Englund (Lund, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A security component (102, 202) for a device (200) is disclosed. The security component (102) comprises a Physically Unclonable Function (PUF) (150) having a plurality of sub functions (152), and a management module (110) that is configured to manage the PUF (150) in accordance with a policy. The management module (110) comprises a measurement module (112) configured to receive, from a devic...