Giesecke+Devrient Mobile Security America Assigned Patent

Giesecke+Devrient Mobile Security America, Inc., Dulles, VA, has been assigned a patent (11516188) developed by Marquardt, John Scott, Washington, DC, and Johnson, Eric, Reston, VA, for “method and apparatus for operating a connected device using a secure element device.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A secure element device for use in a connected device includes a first interface configured to enable communication with a communication module and a second interface configured to enable communication with an action module of the connected device. A processor coupled to the first interface and the second interface, executes a first set of computer-readable instructions, stored in a memory of the secure element device, to authenticate, via the first interface, the connected device on the communication network. The processor also executes a second set of computer-readable instructions, stored in the memory, to perform one or both of (i) obtaining, via the second interface, data from the action module, the data to be transmitted over the communication network and (ii) controlling, via the second interface, the action module to cause the action module to perform one or more operations based on an instruction received over the communication network.”

The patent application was filed on 2020-06-08 (16/896048).