ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,388,798, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Electronic device for performing encrypted communication, and operation method thereof" was invented by Byungsung Kang (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Moohyun Shin (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Jeonghyeon Yun (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Dongsun Lim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Changseob Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Taehwan Hwang (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Electronic devices are disclosed, including a first and second device. The first device includes a communication circuit, and a processor. The processor is con...