ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,210,638, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Brex Inc. (New York).

"Authorization and access control system for access rights using relationship graphs" was invented by Jeff Venable (Union City, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There are provided systems and methods for an authorization and access control system for access rights using relationship graphs. A service provider may provide an authorization and access control system that allows users within the service provider and/or customer entities to assign and change access rights or permissions to computing resources. When providing control of these access rights, the service prov...