Patents by Inventor Jon S. Loftin

Jon S. Loftin 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).

  • Publication number: 20090229190
    Abstract: Upon automatically detecting a predetermined event (such as, but not limited to, detecting a particular end user of the self-storage facility, public-safety personnel, or other authorized person), these teachings provide for responsively automatically identifying a particular one of the self-storage units and then automatically controlling lighting at the self-storage facility to uniquely denote a particular path, from amongst a plurality of candidate paths, to thereby direct the person to the identified self-storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2008
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Applicant: The Chamberlain Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Daniel-Wayman, James Joseph Fitzgibbon, Mark Lee Karasek, Jon S. Loftin, Jeremy L. Prichard, Daniel M. Vincent
  • Patent number: 7323967
    Abstract: An electronically-controlled locker system that utilizes distributing processing to control access to, and assignment of, a plurality of lockers in a school, workplace, fitness center, etc. The system uses a plurality of locker control units that control access to a corresponding set of lockers based on user inputs and on user/locker authorization data that is provided from a central administrator workstation. This administrator workstation communicates with a system control unit that is in communication with every locker control unit and which allows cross-communication between locker control units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignees: Penco Products, Inc., Digitech International, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin E. Booth, Harry N. Popolow, Richard R. Ford, Edward E. Johnson, Jon S. Loftin, Lance C. Osborne, David W. Johnson
  • Patent number: 6879243
    Abstract: An electronically-controlled locker system that utilizes distributing processing to control access to, and assignment of, a plurality of lockers in a school, workplace, fitness center, etc. The system uses a plurality of locker control units that control access to a corresponding set of lockers based on user inputs and on user/locker authorization data that is provided from a central administrator workstation. This administrator workstation communicates with a system control unit that is in communication with every locker control unit and which allows cross-communication between locker control units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2005
    Assignees: Penco Products, Inc., Digitech International, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin E. Booth, Harry N. Popolow, Richard R. Ford, Edward E. Johnson, Jon S. Loftin, Lance C. Osborne, David W. Johnson