ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,355,483, issued on July 8, was assigned to Higher Ground LLC (Palo Alto, Calif.).

"Concealed spread symbol communication" was invented by Darren Robert Reis (Palo Alto, Calif.), David Alexander Reuss (San Leandro, Calif.) and Robert S. Reis (Palo Alto, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to one or more of the embodiments herein, systems and techniques are provided for concealed spread symbol communication. In particular, a system in accordance with the techniques herein relates to concealing communication (a reduced risk of being detected), particularly messages over satellites communication channels. The techniques herein pro...