ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,494,097, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to dormakaba Schweiz AG (Rumlang, Switzerland).

"Access control configuring method and device" was invented by Paul Studerus (Oberweningen, Switzerland) and Andre Luscher (Feldmeilen, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method, devices, and a system is proposed for configuring a security control system of a secure control area, the method comprising exchanging UWB transmission(s) between a mobile communication device and one or more access control devices of the security control system, determining location information of the mobile communication device within the secure control area, recei...