Patents by Inventor Duncan Winner

Duncan Winner 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: 20240371220
    Abstract: It is provided a method for recording an identifier of a utilised resource space selected from a plurality of resource spaces, the method being performed by a user device (2), the method comprising: determining (40) a location of the user device; presenting (42), on a display of the user device (2), a subset of resource spaces, based on the location of the user device; receiving (44) user input indicating a selection of one resource space of the presented subset of resource spaces, wherein the selected one resource space corresponds to the utilised resource space; and providing (46) data to a storage device for storing the identifier of the utilised resource space automated key cabinet (6), wherein the data comprises the identifier of the utilised resource space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: Duncan Winner, Monica Holman, John Bishop
  • Publication number: 20240323676
    Abstract: It is provided method of transferring responsibility of a physical key (3) from a transferer (5a) to a transferee (5b). The method is performed by a transferee device (2b), being a user device (2b) of the transferee (5b). The method comprises: establishing (40) a local communication channel (4) with a user device (2a) of the transferer (5a): receiving (42), over the local communication channel (4), a request to register that the responsibility of the physical key (3) is transferred from the transferer (5a) to the transferee (5b): receiving (44) user input indicating that the responsibility of the physical key (3) is accepted by the transferee (5b); and transmitting (46) a confirmation of registration of transferring the responsibility of the physical key (3) to the transferee (5b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: John Bishop, Monica Holman, Duncan Winner
  • Publication number: 20240304049
    Abstract: It is provided a method for providing access to a vehicle. The method is performed by a vehicle determination device (1). The method comprises: receiving (40) a request signal, indicating a set of parameters of a desired vehicle; determining (42), from a first database (20), a plurality of candidate vehicles (2a-c) matching the set of parameters of a desired vehicles; determining (44), from a second database (21), for each one of the candidate vehicles (2a-c), a number of blocking vehicles (3) blocking access to the respective candidate vehicle; selecting (46) the candidate vehicle with the fewest number of blocking vehicles; and transmitting (48) a key release signal to release a physical key to the selected vehicle, to thereby provide access to the selected vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Inventors: John Bishop, Duncan Winner, Monica Holman
  • Patent number: 10808429
    Abstract: A tamper-evident, single use, ring assembly, is assembled from first and second interengaging broken rings (1, 2). The first broken ring (1) is of a first material and the second broken ring (2) is of a second material. A break in the ring of the first material is offset circumferentially from a break in the ring of the second material. The assembly of the rings forms a closed ring assembly which can be cut through in the region of the break in the ring of the first material to open the ring assembly. At least one of the rings (1, 2) of the ring assembly is resiliently stressed in its assembled state such that, upon cutting through of the ring assembly, the confronting ends of the assembly move apart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Assa Abloy Limited
    Inventors: Robert Smith, Duncan Winner, Janusz Lucien Holland
  • Publication number: 20170130488
    Abstract: A tamper-evident, single use, ring assembly, is assembled from first and second interengaging broken rings (1, 2). The first broken ring (1) is of a first material and the second broken ring (2) is of a second material. A break in the ring of the first material is offset circumferentially from a break in the ring of the second material. The assembly of the rings forms a closed ring assembly which can be cut through in the region of the break in the ring of the first material to open the ring assembly. At least one of the rings (1, 2) of the ring assembly is resiliently stressed in its assembled state such that, upon cutting through of the ring assembly, the confronting ends of the assembly move apart.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Robert Smith, Duncan Winner, Janusz Lucien Holland