Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for 'Methods And Apparatus For Wtru-To-Wtru Relay Discovery Security And Privacy' Filed by Interdigital Patent Holdings, Inc.

MUMBAI, India, Nov. 21 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517097498 A) filed by Interdigital Patent Holdings, Inc., Wilmington, U.S.A., on Oct. 9, for 'methods and apparatus for wtru-to-wtru relay discovery security and privacy.'

Inventor(s) include Ferdi, Samir; Perras, Michelle; Abbas, Taimoor; Son, Jung Je; and Sarathchandra, Magurawalage Chathura Madhusanka.

The application for the patent was published on Nov. 21, under issue no. 47/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A method for UE-to-UE (U2U) relay discovery security is disclosed. The method may comprise provisioning an end-UE with security material for a direct discovery set and a U2U discovery message and provisioning a U2U relay with security material for the U2U discovery message. The security material for the direct discovery set may comprise at least one of: A ProSe restricted code, associated key material, or an indicator associated with a relay service code (RSC) that indicates whether the RSC supports per ProSe direct discovery set protection. The method may comprise sending, by the end-UE to the U2U relay, a direct connection request (DCR) message. The DCR message may comprise at least one of: an RSC, and end-UE User info identification (ID), or a ProSe restricted code. The method may comprise sending, by the end-UE, an indication for direct discovery set protection."

The patent application was internationally filed on Mar. 06, 2024, under International application No.PCT/US2024/018666.

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