ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,400,504, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to ASSA ABLOY AB (Stockholm).

"Determining whether a user with a credential should be granted access to a physical space" was invented by Frans Lundberg (Saltsjobaden, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "It is presented a method for determining whether a user with a credential should be granted access to a physical space. The method is performed in an access control device and comprising identifying the credential presented to the access control device; obtaining a set of at least one assignment of a permission, associated with the physical space, to external organisations from a database; deter...