ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,568,358, issued on March 3, was assigned to NXP USA Inc. (Austin, Texas).
"Personal area network security" was invented by Cristian Caciuloiu (Bucharest, Romania).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wireless personal area network (PAN) includes a plurality of devices configured to communicate messages encrypted with a first network key across the PAN, and the plurality of devices includes a router. The router receives from the joiner device a join request message encrypted by a second network key and sends to the joiner device a join confirmation message that contains a third network key. The router receives subsequent incoming messages from...