Patents by Inventor Robert Poel

Robert Poel 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).

  • Patent number: 11713969
    Abstract: A method and system of tracking and reporting locations of entity employees, the method for use with at least a first interface device including a display screen, the method comprising the steps of, providing a processor programmed to perform the steps of, storing schedules of entity employees where the schedules indicate scheduled locations of employees during time slots, receiving an indication from a first employee indicating at least a first future time slot, identifying locations of the entity employees during the future time slot, using the schedules of entity employees to generate a location representation indicating the locations of at least a subset of the entity employees during the at least a first future time slot and presenting the location representation via the first interface device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: STEELCASE INC.
    Inventors: Robert Poel, Darrin Sculley
  • Patent number: 11321643
    Abstract: A collaboration system for sharing digital content among multiple conferees during a conference session, each conferee using a personal computing device including a device display screen and a device processor, includes a wireless receiver, at least a first large common display screen providing a common emissive surface, and at least a first system processor linked to the receiver and the at least a first common display screen. The device and system processors are programmed to cooperate to provide a user interface via each device display screen, each interface including at least a first sharing field and a file queue. The processors also are programmed to visually distinguish, on each user interface, each file added to the session by one conferee from other files added by other conferees. Additionally, the processors are configured to replicate content presented in the at least a first sharing field on the large common emissive surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Poel, Darrin Sculley
  • Patent number: 11168987
    Abstract: A method and system of tracking and reporting locations of entity employees, the method for use with at least a first interface device including a display screen, the method comprising the steps of, providing a processor programmed to perform the steps of, storing schedules of entity employees where the schedules indicate scheduled locations of employees during time slots, receiving an indication from a first employee indicating at least a first future time slot, identifying locations of the entity employees during the future time slot, using the schedules of entity employees to generate a location representation indicating the locations of at least a subset of the entity employees during the at least a first future time slot and presenting the location representation via the first interface device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Poel, Darrin Sculley
  • Patent number: 11150859
    Abstract: A method and system for facilitating a collaboration session among a plurality of conferees, each conferee using a distinct interface device that includes a distinct display screen, the interface devices including at least a first interface device including a first display screen used by a first conferee, the method comprising the steps of presenting a first session interface on the first display screen, presenting a second session interface on the second display screen, and during a conference content sharing session while content is being shared among conferees in at least the first and second sharing windows, identifying other display screens that may be used to present shared content, presenting screen selection options for other display screens via the first session interface, receiving a selection via the first session interface of at least one of the presented screen selection options and in response to the received selection, associating the display screen that is associated with the selected screen s
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Poel, Darrin Sculley
  • Patent number: 11143510
    Abstract: A method and system of tracking and reporting locations of entity employees, the method for use with at least a first interface device including a display screen, the method comprising the steps of, providing a processor programmed to perform the steps of, storing schedules of entity employees where the schedules indicate scheduled locations of employees during time slots, receiving an indication from a first employee indicating at least a first future time slot, identifying locations of the entity employees during the future time slot, using the schedules of entity employees to generate a location representation indicating the locations of at least a subset of the entity employees during the at least a first future time slot and presenting the location representation via the first interface device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Poel, Darrin Sculley
  • Patent number: 10664772
    Abstract: A method and system of simplifying the processes of locating a facility space available for use, the method for use with an interface device including a display screen, the method comprising the steps of providing a processor programmed to perform the steps of storing a space scheduling application, storing a space schedule for facility spaces, upon accessing the space scheduling application via the interface device, presenting a space type list including at least first and second different space types wherein one of the space types is a selected space type and wherein the selected space type in the space type list is visually distinguished in some fashion, and presenting a space list including facility spaces that are of the selected space type, using the space schedule to identify availability status of each of the spaces that are of the selected space type and visually distinguishing facility spaces on the space list of the selected space type that are occupied on the schedule from spaces that are availabl
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: STEELCASE INC.
    Inventors: Robert Poel, Darrin Sculley
  • Publication number: 20200011673
    Abstract: A method and system of tracking and reporting locations of entity employees, the method for use with at least a first interface device including a display screen, the method comprising the steps of, providing a processor programmed to perform the steps of, storing schedules of entity employees where the schedules indicate scheduled locations of employees during time slots, receiving an indication from a first employee indicating at least a first future time slot, identifying locations of the entity employees during the future time slot, using the schedules of entity employees to generate a location representation indicating the locations of at least a subset of the entity employees during the at least a first future time slot and presenting the location representation via the first interface device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Robert Poel, Darrin Sculley
  • Publication number: 20190272141
    Abstract: A method and system for facilitating a collaboration session among a plurality of conferees, each conferee using a distinct interface device that includes a distinct display screen, the interface devices including at least a first interface device including a first display screen used by a first conferee, the method comprising the steps of presenting a first session interface on the first display screen, presenting a second session interface on the second display screen, and during a conference content sharing session while content is being shared among conferees in at least the first and second sharing windows, identifying other display screens that may be used to present shared content, presenting screen selection options for other display screens via the first session interface, receiving a selection via the first session interface of at least one of the presented screen selection options and in response to the received selection, associating the display screen that is associated with the selected screen s
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Robert Poel, Darrin Sculley
  • Patent number: 10353664
    Abstract: A method and system for facilitating a collaboration session among a plurality of conferees, each conferee using a distinct interface device that includes a distinct display screen, the interface devices including at least a first interface device including a first display screen used by a first conferee, the method comprising the steps of presenting a first session interface on the first display screen, presenting a second session interface on the second display screen, and during a conference content sharing session while content is being shared among conferees in at least the first and second sharing windows, identifying other display screens that may be used to present shared content, presenting screen selection options for other display screens via the first session interface, receiving a selection via the first session interface of at least one of the presented screen selection options and in response to the received selection, associating the display screen that is associated with the selected screen s
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Poel, Darrin Sculley
  • Patent number: 10161752
    Abstract: A method and system of tracking and reporting locations of entity employees, the method for use with at least a first interface device including a display screen, the method comprising the steps of, providing a processor programmed to perform the steps of, storing schedules of entity employees where the schedules indicate scheduled locations of employees during time slots, receiving an indication from a first employee indicating at least a first future time slot, identifying locations of the entity employees during the future time slot, using the schedules of entity employees to generate a location representation indicating the locations of at least a subset of the entity employees during the at least a first future time slot and presenting the location representation via the first interface device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: STEELCASE INC.
    Inventors: Robert Poel, Darrin Sculley
  • Publication number: 20170293458
    Abstract: A method and system for facilitating a collaboration session among a plurality of conferees, each conferee using a distinct interface device that includes a distinct display screen, the interface devices including at least a first interface device including a first display screen used by a first conferee, the method comprising the steps of presenting a first session interface on the first display screen, presenting a second session interface on the second display screen, and during a conference content sharing session while content is being shared among conferees in at least the first and second sharing windows, identifying other display screens that may be used to present shared content, presenting screen selection options for other display screens via the first session interface, receiving a selection via the first session interface of at least one of the presented screen selection options and in response to the received selection, associating the display screen that is associated with the selected screen s
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Robert Poel, Darrin Sculley
  • Patent number: 9766079
    Abstract: A method and system of tracking and reporting locations of entity employees, the method for use with at least a first interface device including a display screen, the method comprising the steps of, providing a processor programmed to perform the steps of, storing schedules of entity employees where the schedules indicate scheduled locations of employees during time slots, receiving an indication from a first employee indicating at least a first future time slot, identifying locations of the entity employees during the future time slot, using the schedules of entity employees to generate a location representation indicating the locations of at least a subset of the entity employees during the at least a first future time slot and presenting the location representation via the first interface device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Poel, Darrin Sculley
  • Patent number: 9716861
    Abstract: A method and system of facilitating a collaboration session among a plurality of conferees including at least first and second conferees using first and second different interface devices that includes first and second display screens, respectively, the method comprising the steps of presenting a first session interface on the first display screen, the session interface including a session queue, a first sharing window and a first private window, the session queue including a list of documents uploaded to the session by at least one of the conferees and presenting a second session interface on the second display screen, the second session interface including the session document queue, a second sharing window and a second private window, wherein either of the first or second conferee can open any document in the session queue in their sharing window and any document in the session queue in their private window at any time during a conference and wherein, any change in the document opened in either of the firs
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Poel, Darrin Sculley