Patents by Inventor Cedar Cloyd

Cedar Cloyd 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: 20180308037
    Abstract: A task management system is configured to assign tasks to one or more attendants of a vehicle. The task management system includes one or more passenger interfaces associated with one or more passenger seats within an interior cabin of the vehicle. The passenger interface(s) are configured to output service request signals indicative of service requests from passengers that are input into the passenger interface(s). One or more attendant devices are configured to be carried by the one or more attendants. A task manager includes a management control unit that is in communication with the passenger interface(s) and the attendant device(s). The management control unit receives the service request signals from the passenger interface(s) and assigns tasks to the attendant device(s) based, at least in part, on the service request signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Cedar Cloyd, Eric Lee Nicks