ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,335,371, issued on June 17, was assigned to EAGLE TECHNOLOGY LLC (Melbourne, Fla.).

"Communications system having crypto-variable array and associated methods" was invented by John M. Davis (Brentwood, Tenn.) and D. Kevin Faust (Wake Forest, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A communications system may include a first communications device having a first memory storing a crypto-variable (CV) array having N number of crypto-variables (CVs). A first processor cooperates with the first memory and selects M number of CVs from the CV array, the M number having identifiers associated therewith, generates a key using a cryptographic operation...