ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,619,709, issued on May 5, was assigned to JOHN MEZZALINGUA ASSOCIATES LLC (Liverpool, N.Y.).

"Blockchain-based method and system for securing a network of virtual wireless base stations" was invented by Jeffrey Courington (Chester, Va.), Francesco Foresta (Faenza, Italy) and Vishal Agrawal (Vernon Hills, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a system for securing a wireless telecommunications network that is capable of distributing licensed capacity (in the form of connection licenses) to respond to localized fluctuations in demand. The system includes a master license server and a plurality of local license servers. The local l...