ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,452,062, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to THALES DIS FRANCE SAS (Meudon, France).
"Method, user device, server, device and system for authenticating a device" was invented by Mourad Faher (Marly le Roi, France), Michael Webster (Vantaa, Finland), Gerald Maunier (Sanary sur Mer, France) and Kamil Parizek (Prague-Kunratice, Czech Republic).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for authenticating a device, comprising: sending, from a user device to a server, a data request; retrieving a predetermined encryption key; generating and at least a random and a cryptogram using the encryption key and the random; sending, to the or another user ...