ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,395, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).
"Vehicle program flow monitoring" was invented by Dereck Wonnacott (Auburn Hills, Mich.) and Chad Haase (Clinton Township, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Respective initial tokens are generated at a first computer for respective instantiations of respective control paths. The respective control paths include a plurality of tasks arranged in respective sequences. Respective expected signatures of the respective control paths are generated based on the respective initial tokens, the respective sequences, and respective keys for each of the plu...