ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,542,797, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to VicOne Corp. (Tokyo).
"Analysis and prioritization of vulnerabilities of connected vehicles" was invented by Yi-Li Cheng (Taipei, Taiwan) and Jui Chang Hsu (Taipei, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automotive cybersecurity platform receives vulnerability alerts that may impact a connected vehicle. Software components of the connected vehicle are identified and listed. Software components that are affected by a vulnerability are identified using information from a vulnerability alert. An overall risk score of the vulnerability is determined based at least on whether the vulnerability can b...