ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,445,490, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to CODE-X DELAWARE INC. (Chantilly, Va.).
"Network watermark" was invented by Robert W. Twitchell Jr. (St. Pete Beach, Fla.) and Delia J. Smith (Morris Township, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A network communications method utilizing a network watermark for providing security in the communications includes creating a verifiable network communications path of nodes through a network for the transfer of information from a first end node to a second end node; verifying the network communications path of nodes, by the first end node, before communicating by the first end node information intende...