US Patent Issued to Micron Technology on Jan. 20 for "Local ledger block chain for secure electronic control unit updates" (Italian, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,530,458, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, Idaho).

"Local ledger block chain for secure electronic control unit updates" was invented by Antonino Mondello (Messina, Italy) and Alberto Troia (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure includes apparatuses, methods, and systems for using a local ledger block chain for secure electronic control unit updates. An embodiment includes a memory, and circuitry configured to receive a global block to be added to a local ledger block chain for validating an electronic control unit update for electronic control unit data stored in the memory, where t...