ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,401,662, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (Atlanta).

"Encrypted applications verification" was invented by Joseph Soryal (Glendale, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to encrypted applications verification. According to one aspect disclosed herein, a device can execute an application verification module to perform operations. The device can receive a hash function from a master security server. The hash function can be used to verify an application installed on the device. The device can apply the hash function to application code of the applicatio...