ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,388,833, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Dell Products LP (Round Rock, Texas).

"Attribute-based access control using scoped roles and conditioned permissions dynamic policies" was invented by Yi Fang (Sharon, Mass.), David Scott Thompson (West Hollywood, Calif.), Yidong Wang (Weston, Mass.), Ranjit Kollu (Norfolk, Mass.), Jennifer Minarik (Zionsville, Ind.), Reut Kovetz (Tel Aviv, Israel), Ching-Yun Chao (Austin, Texas), Qi Jin (Sudbury, Mass.) and Jonathon Cwik (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system can identify an attribute-based access control policy that comprises a pair comprising a permission policy and a condition pol...