ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,756,558, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to VEGA GRIESHABER KG (Wolfach, Germany).
"Network node for field device data" was invented by Marcel Dieterle (Schiltach, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A network node for a field device data network, which receives first field device data, store, the first field device data in data blocks, receives a data block request including a public key and digital monetary data, checks the digital monetary data, and if the check is successful, answers the data block request by encrypting the requested data block using the public key and transmitting the data block encrypted using the public key."
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