US Patent Issued to United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy on Sept. 23 for "Musical instrument digital interface encryption and compression" (Virginia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,425,207, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Arlington, Va.).

"Musical instrument digital interface encryption and compression" was invented by Rodolfo J. Bernal (Fredericksburg, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer implemented method for encrypting and decrypting a graphic or message as musical notes. The method includes generating a composition key, selecting a graphic or message to be encrypted, identifying a color associated with each pixel within the graphic or message, ranking each color by order of its prevalence within the graphic or message, assigni...