ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,634,149, issued on May 19, was assigned to Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Authentication method and apparatus for satellite navigation message and correction messages" was invented by Won Chan Jung (Daejeon, South Korea), Taenam Cho (Jincheon-gun, South Korea) and Seunglim Yong (Incheon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A satellite navigation system-based authentication method includes receiving a first message, receiving a second message which includes first authentication information and second authentication information via channel which is differ from channel where the first me...