ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,284,226, issued on April 22, was assigned to Malikie Innovations Ltd. (Dublin).

"Methods and devices for establishing secure communication channels" was invented by Chang Fung Yang (Mississauga, Canada) and Jason Songbo Xu (Toronto).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of establishing a secure communication channel between a first communication device and a second communication device. The secure communication channel is defined by one or more algorithm options and the one or more algorithm options are associated with one of one or more option categories. The method includes receiving a signal representing one or more selections. The me...