ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,720,314, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, N.J.).

"Systems and methods for secure transport and processing of data in federated learning" was invented by Vinod Kumar Choyi (Conshohocken, Pa.), Timothy E. Coyle (Chicopee, Mass.), Hector Alejandro Garcia Crespo (N Richland Hills, Texas) and Ammara Essa (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some implementations, a first UE may identify a configuration that includes artificial intelligence or machine learning (AI/ML) model parameters to be used and shared for federated learning. The first UE may generate an AI/ML model based on the ...