ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,537,684, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to E-RADIO USA INC. (Redwood City, Calif.).

"Systems, methods, and apparatuses for secure hybrid based communications" was invented by Jackson Kit Wang (Toronto), Daniel John Glen Nephin (Picton, Canada) and Maurice Nobert (Cleveland Heights, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and apparatuses for securing a communication network are provided. Transmitting a first signal including encoding a first timestamp, a first identifier, and a message authentication component. Obtaining a message signal comprising one or more service variables associated and an encrypted unique identifier....