ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,255,899, issued on March 18, was assigned to RAKUTEN SYMPHONY INC. (Tokyo).

"Privileged access request system" was invented by Rajneesh Kumar (Tokyo) and Remi Ferreres (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Privileged access is managed by receiving a request for privileged access to a device connected to a network, determining a risk level associated with the request based on a duration of the privileged access, a device identifier, a first user identifier, and a requested privilege level included in the request, identifying a second user to control authorization of the device based on the risk level, and scheduling, in response to r...