US Patent Issued to Quantum Information Security on July 7 for "Computer security and methods of use thereof" (Washington Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,676,871, issued on July 7, was assigned to Quantum Information Security LLC (Everett, Wash.).

"Computer security and methods of use thereof" was invented by Timothy Fletcher (Everett, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are various methods of securing a computer system. One or more methods include starting a security process after basic functionality on a computer is initiated at startup. The security process performs one or more reviews, such as audits, of the computer to verify that there have not been unauthorized changes to the computer, such as to any settings or executable files."

The patent was filed on Oct. 10, ...