US Patent Issued to DataSphere on June 17 for "Data access control systems and methods" (Massachusetts, Maryland, Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,333,032, issued on June 17, was assigned to DataSphere LLC (Milton, Ga.).

"Data access control systems and methods" was invented by Daniel Joseph Sturtevant (Cambridge, Mass.), Christopher Lalancette (Ayer, Mass.), Michael Nathan Lack (Arlington, Va.) and Paul B. Schneck (Potomac, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various hardware and software configurations are described herein which provide improved security and control over protected data. In some embodiments, a computer includes a main motherboard card coupled to all input/output devices connected to the computer, and a trusted operating system operates on the main motherboard which...