ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,361,773, issued on July 15, was assigned to Security Enhancement Systems LLC (Northbrook, Ill.).
"Multi-mode electronic access control system and method" was invented by Matthew Frank Trapani (Deerfield, Ill.) and Philip J. Ufkes (Sullivan's Island, S.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-mode electronic access control (EAC) system and method. Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for an EAC system operable to configure one or more operational modes comprising different levels of security, uses and software capabilities for one or more EAC devices deployed within an access-controlled site. The one or more operational modes ma...