ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,670,759, issued on June 30, was assigned to Urban Intel Inc. (Seattle).
"Digital certificate and reservation" was invented by Chris Outwater (Carpinteria, Calif.) and William Gibbens Redmann (Glendale, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An access device is provided for use in an access control system. The access device includes a processor having control of a door lock, and a communication module connected to the processor. The processor is able to receive a reservation certificate presented by a portable terminal through the communication module. The processor activates the door lock when the current reservation certificate has been ...