Patents by Inventor Brien T. Buckman

Brien T. Buckman has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Controlling an elevator car to take a user to a destination floor based on calendar information from a mobile device
    Patent number: 10273117
    Abstract: A computer system can be configured to cause a mechanical action based on transient data stored on a user's mobile device. In some examples, the system includes a mobile device finder for receiving calendar information from a mobile device within a physical distance from an elevator system. The calendar information specifies a time and a place of an appointment. The system includes a calendar verifier for determining that the time of the appointment is within a time period from a current time and that the place of the appointment corresponds to a destination floor reachable by the elevator system. The system includes an elevator programmer for programming the elevator system with the destination floor so that, when a user carries the mobile device onto an elevator car of the elevator system, the elevator system controls the elevator car to take the user to the destination floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Brien T. Buckman
  • METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR CAUSING A MECHANICAL ACTION BASED ON TRANSIENT USER DATA
    Publication number: 20170088397
    Abstract: A computer system can be configured to cause a mechanical action based on transient data stored on a user's mobile device. In some examples, the system includes a mobile device finder for receiving calendar information from a mobile device within a physical distance from an elevator system. The calendar information specifies a time and a place of an appointment. The system includes a calendar verifier for determining that the time of the appointment is within a time period from a current time and that the place of the appointment corresponds to a destination floor reachable by the elevator system. The system includes an elevator programmer for programming the elevator system with the destination floor so that, when a user carries the mobile device onto an elevator car of the elevator system, the elevator system controls the elevator car to take the user to the destination floor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventor: Brien T. Buckman