ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,719,831, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to APPLIED INVENTION LLC (Burbank, Calif.).

"Secure communication system" was invented by W. Daniel Hillis (Rindge, N.H.), David C. Douglas (Concord, Mass.), Mathias Kolehmainen (Louisville, Ky.), Steven Willis (Cambridge, Mass.), Frank Kastenholz (Medford, Mass.) and Michael Dubno (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, devices, and system related to secure communication systems are disclosed. In one example aspect, a secure communication system enabling secure transport of information includes a secure network comprising one or more nodes communicatively coupled by an internal communic...