Patents by Inventor Ernesto M. Rubi

Ernesto M. Rubi 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: 11869672
    Abstract: Contract tracing systems and methods for infectious disease tracking are disclosed. An infectious disease tracking system includes a plurality of user devices, each user device configured to detect, using a wireless communication module, a signal emitted by another one of the plurality of user devices. The user device can determine that a strength of the signal exceeds a predetermined event initiation signal strength threshold corresponding to a physical proximity between users of the devices and can store a contact tracing event record in response to determining that the strength of the signal exceeds the predetermined event initiation signal strength threshold. The user device can transmit the contact tracing event records to a data center where they can be stored and used to identify close contacts when an index case of an infectious disease is identified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
    Inventors: Nicholas Weir, Ernesto M. Rubi, Daniel John Altin
  • Patent number: 11804309
    Abstract: Contract tracing systems and methods for infectious disease tracking are disclosed. An infectious disease tracking system includes a plurality of user devices, each user device configured to detect, using a wireless communication module, a signal emitted by another one of the plurality of user devices. The user device can determine that a strength of the signal exceeds a predetermined event initiation signal strength threshold corresponding to a physical proximity between users of the devices and can store a contact tracing event record in response to determining that the strength of the signal exceeds the predetermined event initiation signal strength threshold. The user device can transmit the contact tracing event records to a data center where they can be stored and used to identify close contacts when an index case of an infectious disease is identified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
    Inventors: Nicholas Weir, Ernesto M. Rubi, Daniel John Altin
  • Publication number: 20220215968
    Abstract: Contract tracing systems and methods for infectious disease tracking are disclosed. An infectious disease tracking system includes a plurality of user devices, each user device configured to detect, using a wireless communication module, a signal emitted by another one of the plurality of user devices. The user device can determine that a strength of the signal exceeds a predetermined event initiation signal strength threshold corresponding to a physical proximity between users of the devices and can store a contact tracing event record in response to determining that the strength of the signal exceeds the predetermined event initiation signal strength threshold. The user device can transmit the contact tracing event records to a data center where they can be stored and used to identify close contacts when an index case of an infectious disease is identified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Nicholas Weir, Ernesto M. Rubi, Daniel John Altin
  • Patent number: 11152124
    Abstract: Contract tracing systems and methods for infectious disease tracking are disclosed. An infectious disease tracking system includes a plurality of user devices, each user device configured to detect, using a wireless communication module, a signal emitted by another one of the plurality of user devices. The user device can determine that a strength of the signal exceeds a predetermined event initiation signal strength threshold corresponding to a physical proximity between users of the devices and can store a contact tracing event record in response to determining that the strength of the signal exceeds the predetermined event initiation signal strength threshold. The user device can transmit the contact tracing event records to a data center where they can be stored and used to identify close contacts when an index case of an infectious disease is identified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES LTD.
    Inventors: Nicholas Weir, Ernesto M. Rubi, Daniel John Altin
  • Publication number: 20210280321
    Abstract: Contract tracing systems and methods for infectious disease tracking are disclosed. An infectious disease tracking system includes a plurality of user devices, each user device configured to detect, using a wireless communication module, a signal emitted by another one of the plurality of user devices. The user device can determine that a strength of the signal exceeds a predetermined event initiation signal strength threshold corresponding to a physical proximity between users of the devices and can store a contact tracing event record in response to determining that the strength of the signal exceeds the predetermined event initiation signal strength threshold. The user device can transmit the contact tracing event records to a data center where they can be stored and used to identify close contacts when an index case of an infectious disease is identified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Nicholas Weir, Ernesto M. Rubi, Daniel John Altin