US Patent Issued to ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions on Sept. 23 for "Multi-factor authentication door access control system" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,042, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions AB (Stockholm).

"Multi-factor authentication door access control system" was invented by Keith W. Hartman (Redwood City, Calif.), Dan Potter (Monterey, Calif.), Sunny Wang (Saratoga, Calif.) and Stephen Daniel Connor (Valley Center, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-factor authentication access control system is described for permitting access to secured locations. Types of authentication factors include property or physical-based items and biometric-based information. Optionally, the biometric information presented by the person is evaluated for being ...