ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,556,374, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Device and method for updating immobilizer token in digital key sharing system" was invented by Sooyeon Jung (Suwon-si, South Korea), Inyoung Shin (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jonghyo Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a method of updating an immobilizer token. A target device according to various embodiments of the disclosure may generate a first temporary encryption key pair for encryption and decryption of an immobilizer token, may transmit, to an immobilizer token issuance device, an immob...