ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,732,491, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Karma Automotive Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Vehicle security system" was invented by Brian Green (Laguna Hills, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A security system for a vehicle network of a vehicle is provided. The vehicle network includes a gateway and domain controllers for specific areas of the vehicle. The security system may validate messages sent from the gateway. The security system may also utilize split decryption keys in order to decrypt messages in the vehicle network. The security system may also utilize asymmetrical encryption keys in order to secure data within the vehicle netwo...