ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,562,888, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for encrypting and transmitting data between devices" was invented by Srinivas Vedula (Pleasanton, Calif.), Qihe Wang (San Jose, Calif.), Kyle C. Brogle (San Francisco), Frederic Jacobs (St. Sulpice, Switzerland), Yannick L. Sierra (San Francisco), Giuliano Pasqualotto (Los Altos, Calif.), Anup Rathi (Milpitas, Calif.) and Duncan A. McRoberts (Boulder, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Encrypting and securely transmitting data between devices is disclosed. After a device obtains a request to purchase a prescription lens, including prescrip...