ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,335,160, issued on June 17, was assigned to SCATR LLC (Sheridan, Wyo.).

"Secure data routing with dynamic packet spoofing" was invented by John G. Andrews (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) and John P. Keyerleber (Richmond Heights, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of secure data routing with dynamic packet spoofing is disclosed that comprises a scatter network node receiving data packets from a user communication device and a scattering application selecting a logical communication channel from a plurality of logical communication channels. The method also comprises a channel controller receiving channel information that comprises a s...