ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,361,167, issued on July 15, was assigned to Vijay Madisetti (Alpharetta, Ga.).

"Method and system for securing cloud storage and databases from insider threats and optimizing performance" was invented by Vijay Madisetti (Johns Creek, Ga.) and Arshdeep Bahga (Chandigarh, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A router for securing cloud storage and databases and optimizing performance including a processor, a network communication device, and a memory storage device having stored thereon a routing table containing instructions to the router for inserting tags into inbound data requests and routing the inbound data requests responsive to the...