US Patent Issued to Google on Nov. 18 for "Secure workflows with rule-based data access security" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,475,245, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Google LLC (Mountain View, Calif.).

"Secure workflows with rule-based data access security" was invented by Gang Wang (Frederick, Md.) and Nikolaus Rath (Harpenden, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and apparatus, including medium-encoded computer program products, for providing secure workflows with rule-based data access security are described. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a digital component (DC) request. A workflow, which can include customizable stages, for selecting a DC is identified. Stages can include executable instructions and can be execute...