ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,682,706, issued on July 14, was assigned to 1HEAD Technologies (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Access management system" was invented by Ronald Carter (Matthews, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An access management system includes a mobile device with a processor and a memory and a software platform including at least a processor and a memory. The software platform is configured to analyze data obtained from the mobile device and other devices connected to the software platform. Specifically, the software platform is operable to determine if an access key received, read, or captured by a mobile device matches an access key for an authorized acco...