Patents by Inventor Rob Greger

Rob Greger 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).

  • Management of daisy chain connected communication network of elevator fixtures with redundant data paths
    Patent number: 11252242
    Abstract: A method of interconnecting a daisy chain communication network having a terminal managers and a plurality of managed switches and a plurality of fixtures operable as clients of a client server network. The method also includes transmitting a discovery message to a first fixture and a second fixture, capturing the discovery message in the first fixture and the second fixture, and determining a first head fixture and at least one of a second head fixture and a tail fixture. Furthermore, the method also includes discovering an intermediate fixture based on the first head fixture and the at least one of a second head fixture and a tail fixture, resolving which of the first head fixture and the at least one of a second head fixture and a tail fixture is to be identified as an active head fixture, and establishing the active head fixture and a passive tail fixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Jason R. Armistead, Rob Greger, SaiPraveen Reddy Polimera, Sajan Shrestha, Paul A. Stranieri
  • MANAGEMENT OF DAISY CHAIN CONNECTED COMMUNICATION NETWORK OF ELEVATOR FIXTURES WITH REDUNDANT DATA PATHS
    Publication number: 20200153913
    Abstract: A method of interconnecting a daisy chain communication network having a terminal managers and a plurality of managed switches and a plurality of fixtures operable as clients of a client server network. The method also includes transmitting a discovery message to a first fixture and a second fixture, capturing the discovery message in the first fixture and the second fixture, and determining a first head fixture and at least one of a second head fixture and a tail fixture. Furthermore, the method also includes discovering an intermediate fixture based on the first head fixture and the at least one of a second head fixture and a tail fixture, resolving which of the first head fixture and the at least one of a second head fixture and a tail fixture is to be identified as an active head fixture, and establishing the active head fixture and a passive tail fixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Jason R. Armistead, Rob Greger, SaiPraveen Reddy Polimera, Sajan Shrestha, Paul A. Stranieri