US Patent Issued to Tyco Fire & Security on July 21 for "System and method for electronic access control in mesh networked sites" (Illinois, South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,688,317, issued on July 21, was assigned to Tyco Fire & Security GmbH (Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland).

"System and method for electronic access control in mesh networked sites" was invented by Philip J. Ufkes (Sullivan's Island, S.C.), Matthew Frank Trapani (Deerfield, Ill.), Matthew Paul (Palatine, Ill.) and Zachary A. Cornelius (Northbrook, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mesh networked site process management system and method that provides for enforcement of a predefined access methodology by utilizing mesh networking through all possible touchpoints within a site perimeter and compound. Certain embodiments of the present...