MUMBAI, India, Aug. 17 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617078583 A) filed by Infineon Technologies AG on June 25, 2026, for Secure Communications Using Pre-Shared Keys And Live Membership.

Inventors include Zeh, Alexander; and Tindell, Kenneth William.

The application for the patent was published on August 14, 2026, under issue no. 33/2026.

Abstract: The described techniques address issues to achieve key agreement without the need to exchange separate key agreement messages and, consequently, meets the stringent starting time requirements for real-time control systems. This is achieved using a group-wide key counter, with each node storing the latest value of this counter that was observed via the la...