ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,596,806, issued on April 7, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.).

"Methods, systems, and devices for trusted execution environments and secure data processing and storage environments" was invented by Sean Peisert (San Rafael, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and devices for implementing trusted execution environments in the context of data security and data storage. Systems may include a login node comprising one or more processors configured to receive a request from a user, and a secure access port communicatively coupled to the login node and configu...