ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,407,728, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to APPLIED INVENTION LLC (Burbank, Calif.).

"Secure communication system" was invented by W. Daniel Hillis (Rindge, N.H.), David C. Douglas (Concord, Mass.), Mathias Kolehmainen (Louisville, Ky.), Steven Willis (Cambridge, Mass.), Frank Kastenholz (Medford, Mass.) and Michael Dubno (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A secure communication system enabling secure transport of information is disclosed. The system comprises a secure network with one or more packet processing units connected by links through an internal communication system. The secure network transports packets of information be...