ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,511,376, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Defy Photo Shield LLC (Merrick, N.Y.).

"Method, system, and techniques for preventing analog data loss" was invented by Tomer Bitton (Kibbutz Michmarot, Israel), Jonathan Loew (Merrick, N.Y.), Neil Shroff (Watchung, N.J.), Mark Schlesinger (Bayville, N.Y.) and Daniel Goland (Palisades, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and techniques for preventing and deterring unauthorized capture of analog data are provided. Example embodiments provide a Analog Data Loss Prevention System ("ADLPS"), which enables enterprise/company administrators to monitor access to analog data and to ...