ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,549,524, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Vigilant IP Holdings LLC (West Chester, Ohio).

"Secure translator for insecure computing device" was invented by Christopher M. Nyhuis (Liberty Township, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A secure translator is described herein for use with an insecure device. An insecure device is a computing device that either does not have the ability to or can no longer communicate at desired security levels. The secure translator is configured to act as a proxy for insecure devices, allowing for full translation of any inbound communication to be secured, with information scrubbed or otherwise manipulate...