ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,724,869, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Infineon Technologies AG (Neubiberg, Germany).

"Data link layer authenticity and security for automotive communication system" was invented by Alexander Zeh (Munich) and Harald Zweck (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to authenticity and data security for bus-based communication networks in a vehicle. The present disclosure teaches a protocol frame, a sender on data link layer, and a receiver on data link layer providing such authenticity and data security as well as a communication network in a vehicle employing the protocol frame, the sender and the receiver...