ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,562,828, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Conduent Business Services LLC (Florham Park, N.J.).

"UHF validations ergonomy" was invented by Pascal Roux (Chabeuil, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus for automatically accessing a barrier or an electronic system can involve reading from a memory of a contactless device, a received signal strength information (RSSI) threshold associated with a user of the contactless device. An RSSI can be compared with the RSSI threshold to determine when the contactless device is within an acceptable distance from a barrier. The barrier can be opened for passage beyond the barrier...