ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,354,446, issued on July 8, was assigned to SportsMEDIA Technology Corp. (Durham, N.C.).

"Systems and methods for providing secure data for wagering for live sports events" was invented by Gerard J. Hall (Durham, N.C.) and John D. Dengler (Durham, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for betting on a live sporting event are disclosed. At least one input capture device and at least one user device are in network communication with a server platform. The at least one input capture device collects and transmits live raw data relating to the live sporting event. The server platform receives and aggregates the live raw data r...