ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,513,125, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Amazon Technologies Inc. (Seattle).

"Cryptographic messaging device" was invented by David M. Nolton (Ashburn, Va.), Jose Troche (Gaithersburg, Md.), Richard M. Weatherly (Vienna, Va.) and Robert Hill Bolling (North Chesterfield, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques for cryptographic messaging are described. In some examples, cryptographic messaging is enabled on a device that at least includes an input/output port configured to receive an encrypted message from a coupled external device; a hardware security module (HSM) configured to decrypt the encrypted message, wherein the HSM is t...