US Patent Issued to Bayerische Motoren Werke on March 3 for "Method, vehicle component, and computer program for granting authorization to run a computer program by means of a vehicle component of a vehicle" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,567,977, issued on March 3, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Method, vehicle component, and computer program for granting authorization to run a computer program by means of a vehicle component of a vehicle" was invented by Sebastian Hild (Germering, Germany), Elmar Schoch (Dachau, Germany), Richard Wimmer (Anzing, Germany), Maximilian Raith (Munich) and Michael Gruffke (Erding, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method grants authorization to run a computer program using a vehicle component of a vehicle. The method includes storing identification information on the vehicle component as part of a production pr...