ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,355,724, issued on July 8, was assigned to Blockade Secured Inc. (Ashburn, Va.).

"System and method of coupling a home area network with the cloud creating a highly secure and scalable private topology" was invented by Andrew John Polcha Sr. (Lovettsville, Va.) and Michael Patrick Polcha Sr. (Lovettsville, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device, system, and method, according to various embodiments, can include, for example, a hybrid cloud network, one or more personal cloud virtual LANs, and a home area network. The hybrid cloud network can be configured to provide public access and private access. The one or more personal cloud virt...