ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,300,056, issued on May 13, was assigned to Omnissa LLC (Mountain View, Calif.).

"Facial capture managing access to resources by a device" was invented by Erich Stuntebeck (Johns Creek, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are various embodiments for controlling access to resources by a client device. Methods may include receiving a user request to access a resource on the device and determining whether the resource requires a facial capture. If the resource requires a facial capture, a camera of the device may be automatically activated to capture an image and the resource may be rendered on the device. In some cases, access to t...