Patents by Inventor Adam Lang

Adam Lang 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: 10885475
    Abstract: A method and system may provide automated passenger seat assignment procedures for an airline. A server device may determine passengers for a departing flight who are eligible to receive seat assignment notifications. When an eligible passenger is next in a standby or upgrade queue, the server device may transmit an electronic communication such as an email, short message service (SMS) message, push notification, etc., to the passenger's network-enabled device. The electronic communication may indicate that a seat assignment is available and may provide instructions for accepting or declining the available seat assignment. If the user accepts, for example, by transmitting an electronic reply message to the server device accepting the available seat assignment, the server device may transmit an electronic boarding pass to the user corresponding to the available seat assignment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: UNITED AIRLINES, INC.
    Inventors: Adam Lang, Russell Robert Grigg, Susan Wright-Mckeever
  • Publication number: 20190108461
    Abstract: A method and system may provide automated passenger seat assignment procedures for an airline. A server device may determine passengers for a departing flight who are eligible to receive seat assignment notifications. When an eligible passenger is next in a standby or upgrade queue, the server device may transmit an electronic communication such as an email, short message service (SMS) message, push notification, etc., to the passenger's network-enabled device. The electronic communication may indicate that a seat assignment is available and may provide instructions for accepting or declining the available seat assignment. If the user accepts, for example, by transmitting an electronic reply message to the server device accepting the available seat assignment, the server device may transmit an electronic boarding pass to the user corresponding to the available seat assignment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Adam Lang, Russell Robert Grigg, Susan Wright-Mckeever
  • Patent number: 10185920
    Abstract: A method and system may provide automated passenger seat assignment procedures for an airline. A server device may determine passengers for a departing flight who are eligible to receive seat assignment notifications. When an eligible passenger is next in a standby or upgrade queue, the server device may transmit an electronic communication such as an email, short message service (SMS) message, push notification, etc., to the passenger's network-enabled device. The electronic communication may indicate that a seat assignment is available and may provide instructions for accepting or declining the available seat assignment. If the user accepts, for example, by transmitting an electronic reply message to the server device accepting the available seat assignment, the server device may transmit an electronic boarding pass to the user corresponding to the available seat assignment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: UNITED AIRLINES, INC.
    Inventors: Adam Lang, Russell Robert Grigg, Susan Wright-Mckeever
  • Publication number: 20160253599
    Abstract: A method and system may provide automated passenger seat assignment procedures for an airline. A server device may determine passengers for a departing flight who are eligible to receive seat assignment notifications. When an eligible passenger is next in a standby or upgrade queue, the server device may transmit an electronic communication such as an email, short message service (SMS) message, push notification, etc., to the passenger's network-enabled device. The electronic communication may indicate that a seat assignment is available and may provide instructions for accepting or declining the available seat assignment. If the user accepts, for example, by transmitting an electronic reply message to the server device accepting the available seat assignment, the server device may transmit an electronic boarding pass to the user corresponding to the available seat assignment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventors: Adam Lang, Russell Robert Grigg, Susan Wright-Mckeever
  • Publication number: 20080028199
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for timed power-on in a logically partitioned environment are disclosed. Embodiments may disclose determining a time period based upon a time to launch a partition and a time of day associated with the next partition to launch. After determining the time period, a timer is set to boot the system based upon the time period. More specifically, embodiments allow the timed power-on (TPO) and time of day (TOD) of logical partitions to be modified by clients independently of other partitions by determining the system TPO based upon TPOs and TODs of logical partitions as well as the TOD of the system. Some embodiments include initiating a transaction like an interrupt in response to a change in a TPO or TOD of logical partition or the system. Several of such embodiments incorporate adjusting or re-calculating the system TPO in response to the transaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2007
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Inventors: Troy Armstrong, Adam Lange-Pearson
  • Publication number: 20070028052
    Abstract: A logically partitions computer system maintains a respective window for each of multiple cached state values which are subject to change. Where an individual change to a cached state value does not cause it to stray outside its window, then the change is made only to the cached state value, without triggering an updating operation. Where the change causes the cached state value to stray outside the window, an updating operation is triggered. Preferably, the system contains a global system clock, which is adjusted by an independent clock state delta value for each partition. A respective window is maintained for each clock delta. A global wake-up time for the system, determined as the earliest wake-up time of any partition, is re-computed when a change to a partition's clock causes its cached clock delta to stray outside the window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2005
    Publication date: February 1, 2007
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Troy Armstrong, Adam Lange-Pearson
  • Patent number: D733244
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Inventor: Kenneth Adam Lang