ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,563,390, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Siemens AG (Munich).
"Authenticating a device in a communication network of an automation installation" was invented by Andrej Goerbing (Berlin) and Jonas Hurrelmann (Berlin).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method authenticates a device in a communication network. The method includes transmitting authentication information which indicates the device to an authentication server, which permits or rejects the device as a subscriber in the communication network on the basis of the authentication information. In order that an authentication of a device can also be carried out in a communication netw...