ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,335,249, issued on June 17, was assigned to GOAT Software Ltd. (Wellington, New Zealand).

"Data transmission system, communications adapter and method" was invented by George Richmond Cooke (Wellington, New Zealand) and Grant McKeen (Wellington, New Zealand).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for transmitting data between a sender and at least one receiver in an arranged communications group is described, the method comprising the steps of: arranging the communication group; the sender sending a connection request to the at least one receiver, the connection request including information on the data to be transferred; the sender rece...