ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,919, issued on July 15, was assigned to Idaho Scientific LLC (Boise, Idaho).

"Computer system for transparent key roll" was invented by Andrew James Weiler (Nampa, Idaho), Nathan Charles Chrisman (Nampa, Idaho), Claude Harmon Garrett V (Meridian, Idaho) and Dale Weston Reese (Boise, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Rolling encryption within a memory region. A method includes storing data in a first encrypted memory portion in the memory region. The data in the first encrypted memory portion is encrypted to a first runtime encryption key. Data is stored in a second encrypted memory portion in the memory region. The data in the sec...