ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,548,391, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Videx Inc. (Corvallis, Ore.).
"Modifying access control permissions" was invented by Tammy A. Davis (Corvallis, Ore.) and Michael L. Popenoe (Corvallis, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the disclosure relate to electronic access control. An access control server maintains data associated with a plurality of electronic locks. A user is issued an electronic key for unlocking one or more electronic locks. The user can be assigned to a group. Members of the group are permitted to access a subset of the plurality of electronic locks. A first key configuration is transmitted to the elec...