ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,756,718, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Raytheon Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Video port authentication for multi-level security devices" was invented by Paul R. Solorzano (Clearwater, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A video receiver receives a security level of a video source. The security level is stored in a blanking region of a video transmission. The video receiver compares the security level of the video transmission with a security level stored in the video receiver. The video transmission is processed as a function of the comparison of the security level of the video transmission with the security level of the video receiver."

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