ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,657,973, issued on June 16, was assigned to AXS Group LLC (Los Angeles).

"Systems and methods for providing temporary access credentials to access physical locations" was invented by Michael J. Rojas (North Canton, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A physical location access control system is configured to receive, via a network interface, a request to provide a temporary access right for a first physical location to a first user, the request providing an indication as to a first time period associated with the temporary access right. In response to determining that the requester has an access right to the first physical location for a...