Patents by Inventor Adam D. Piverotto

Adam D. Piverotto 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).

  • Method and apparatus for automated access control system
    Patent number: 8191781
    Abstract: An automated access control system and method in one embodiment includes a storage rack comprising a plurality of storage compartments, a user port, a memory including program instructions for placing a key within one of the plurality of storage compartments, associating the key with the one of the plurality of storage compartments, identifying a user, associating the user and the stored key, removing the stored key from the one of the plurality of storage compartments, and making the removed key accessible to the user at the user port, and a processor operably connected to the memory for executing the program instructions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Theresa A. Heinz, Jack W. Craig, Adam D. Piverotto
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATED ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20100155471
    Abstract: An automated access control system and method in one embodiment includes a storage rack comprising a plurality of storage compartments, a user port, a memory including program instructions for placing a key within one of the plurality of storage compartments, associating the key with the one of the plurality of storage compartments, identifying a user, associating the user and the stored key, removing the stored key from the one of the plurality of storage compartments, and making the removed key accessible to the user at the user port, and a processor operably connected to the memory for executing the program instructions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Theresa A. Heinz, Jack W. Craig, Adam D. Piverotto