ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,380,069, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Dataparency LLC (Novi, Mich.).

"Cloaked user-space file system implemented using an entity data store" was invented by Timothy A. Shear (Novi, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A highly secure file system stores and accesses files utilizing familiar hierarchical concepts for file storage (i.e. root directory, directory, file entry data, etc.), while at the same time hiding the actual path to access the desired file. A file may be stored and accessed at a data store node using a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) path comprising a unique, unidirectional relationship identifier that controls a re...