ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,580,777, issued on March 17, was assigned to DigiCert Inc. (Lehi, Utah).

"Utilizing X.509 certificates for access to location tracking, physical location, or digital content" was invented by Avesta Hojjati (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for utilizing X509 certificates for granting access, such as for location tracking access, physical location access, access to digital content, and the like, include receiving a request for access from a requestor, wherein the request includes one or more of a time, a time period, a location, and a type of access, wherein the access is one of access to a user's location...