ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,587,508, issued on March 24, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

"Data communication system, data communication device, host device, data communication method, and data communication program" was invented by Hideo Seyama (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A data communication system includes at least one data communication device, and a host device capable of communicating with the at least one data communication device. Each of the at least one data communication device transmits encryption information to the host device, the encryption information being related to an encryption scheme prev...