ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,974, issued on Sept. 30.
"JM06-17U secure line-of-sight communication with aircraft" was invented by Joshua May (Portland, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Improvements in secure communication using drones. The communication uses aircraft to provide a secure communication link that prevents undesirable reception. The secure link can be between two people, groups or more specific people. Optical transmission can be from laser, infrared, ultraviolet, white light or a particular wavelength of light. One or multiple aircraft to relay information between senders and receivers. The aircraft can be drones that operate within buildings o...