Patents by Inventor Gerald C. Murphy

Gerald C. Murphy 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).

  • Systems and methods for managing meeting spaces
    Patent number: 12136049
    Abstract: In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to reassigning meeting rooms. In some embodiments, a system comprises a mobile device configured to receive user input to request a meeting room, determine a location of the mobile device, and transmit an indication of the request, the location of the mobile device, and the user, sensors associated with the meeting rooms configured to detect occupancy of the meeting rooms, a scheduling database configured to store scheduling information for the meeting rooms, the control circuit configured to receive the indication of the request, the location of the mobile device, and the user, determine that all meeting are booked, receive occupancy information for the meeting rooms, determine that one of the meeting rooms is unoccupied, reassign the one of the meeting rooms to the user, and cause transmission of a notification that the one of the meeting rooms has been reassigned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Robert J. Taylor, Remington R. Rice, Gerald C. Murphy, Nicholas Paul Dowd, Carlos R. Alvarez
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING MEETING SPACES
    Publication number: 20230351273
    Abstract: In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to reassigning meeting rooms. In some embodiments, a system comprises a mobile device configured to receive user input to request a meeting room, determine a location of the mobile device, and transmit an indication of the request, the location of the mobile device, and the user, sensors associated with the meeting rooms configured to detect occupancy of the meeting rooms, a scheduling database configured to store scheduling information for the meeting rooms, the control circuit configured to receive the indication of the request, the location of the mobile device, and the user, determine that all meeting are booked, receive occupancy information for the meeting rooms, determine that one of the meeting rooms is unoccupied, reassign the one of the meeting rooms to the user, and cause transmission of a notification that the one of the meeting rooms has been reassigned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Robert J. Taylor, Remington R. Rice, Gerald C. Murphy, Nicholas Paul Dowd, Carlos R. Alvarez
  • Systems and methods for managing meeting spaces
    Patent number: 11741399
    Abstract: In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to reassigning meeting rooms. In some embodiments, a system comprises a mobile device configured to receive user input to request a meeting room, determine a location of the mobile device, and transmit an indication of the request, the location of the mobile device, and the user, sensors associated with the meeting rooms configured to detect occupancy of the meeting rooms, a scheduling database configured to store scheduling information for the meeting rooms, the control circuit configured to receive the indication of the request, the location of the mobile device, and the user, determine that all meeting are booked, receive occupancy information for the meeting rooms, determine that one of the meeting rooms is unoccupied, reassign the one of the meeting rooms to the user, and cause transmission of a notification that the one of the meeting rooms has been reassigned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Robert J. Taylor, Remington R. Rice, Gerald C. Murphy, Nicholas Paul Dowd, Carlos R. Alvarez
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING MEETING SPACES
    Publication number: 20210019670
    Abstract: In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to reassigning meeting rooms. In some embodiments, a system comprises a mobile device configured to receive user input to request a meeting room, determine a location of the mobile device, and transmit an indication of the request, the location of the mobile device, and the user, sensors associated with the meeting rooms configured to detect occupancy of the meeting rooms, a scheduling database configured to store scheduling information for the meeting rooms, the control circuit configured to receive the indication of the request, the location of the mobile device, and the user, determine that all meeting are booked, receive occupancy information for the meeting rooms, determine that one of the meeting rooms is unoccupied, reassign the one of the meeting rooms to the user, and cause transmission of a notification that the one of the meeting rooms has been reassigned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Robert J. Taylor, Remington R. Rice, Gerald C. Murphy, Nicholas Paul Dowd, Carlos R. Alvarez