ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,706,742, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (Atlanta).

"Methods, systems, and procedures for quantum secure ecosystems" was invented by William R. Trost (Mequon, Wis.), Daniel Solero (Rockwall, Texas), Michelle Barry (Odessa, Fla.) and Brian Miles (Pittsboro, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving a first request from a first communication orchestrator of a first protected environment to provide a secure and authenticated connection between a first resource of the first protected environment and a second resource of a second protected envir...