ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,684,369, issued on July 14, was assigned to DELL PRODUCTS LP (Round Rock, Texas).

"Increasing secrecy capacity for intelligent reflective surface-assisted wireless communications" was invented by Ozlem Yildiz (New York), Mohammad Alavirad (Kanata, Canada) and Tejinder Singh (Kanata, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The technology described herein is directed towards increasing the secrecy capacity/performance of an intelligent reflective surface (IRS)-assisted communication system. Described is determining a location for placement of the IRS to achieve the maximum secrecy capacity with respect to a receiver in an environment. Gradie...