ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,277,819, issued on April 15, was assigned to Vendor Credentialing Service LLC (Houston).
"Credentialing method and apparatus for facility access" was invented by Benjamin Birnbaum (Prairie Village, Kan.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A credentialing method and apparatus for facility access. The apparatus can include a system that includes one or more BLE beacons located within proximity to a facility, where one or more of the beacons identifies a location or other information unique to its proximity to the facility. The apparatus can further include an eBadge used by a person seeking access to the facility. The eBadge can also in some emb...