Patents by Inventor Jack W. Craig

Jack W. Craig 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: 20140081677
    Abstract: A self-service system and method for lodging establishment convenience shops to allow a guest to pay for convenience shop items and avoid waiting in line at a front desk. An example method includes obtaining item identification information associated with items selected for purchase by a customer at a convenience shop of the lodging establishment by a self-service terminal, obtaining prices of the items by the self-service terminal, recording customer selection of a charge to room payment option by the self-service terminal, determining whether the customer has registered as a guest of the lodging establishment by the self-service terminal, and charging a total cost of the items to a reservation record by the self-service terminal when the customer has registered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: NCR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jack W. Craig, Erick C. Kobres
  • Publication number: 20130096962
    Abstract: A system and method of managing promotions of different goods or services at lodging establishments which is directed to reducing distressed inventories of a variety of different goods or services offered at the lodging establishments. An example method includes connecting to different property systems which manage sales of goods or services, obtaining reservation data and guest data from the different property systems, comparing the reservation data to predetermined thresholds to determine distressed inventories of the goods or services of the property systems, obtaining promotions directed to the distressed inventories, determining customers to receive the promotions of the distressed inventories, and sending the promotions to the customers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: NCR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jack W. Craig, Rafael Yepez
  • Publication number: 20130096963
    Abstract: A check-in system and method for lodging establishments which facilitates faster check-in. An example method includes creating a record of a reservation for a prospective guest including contact information associated with a mobile communication device of the prospective guest, determining from the record that the first night of the reservation is within a predetermined number of days, sending a message to the mobile communication device of the prospective guest using the contact information, the message including a check-in reminder and a hyperlink to a check-in web page, providing the check-in web page to the mobile communication device in response to selection of the hyperlink by the prospective guest, receiving check-in information entered into the check-in web page by the guest from the mobile communication device, and providing a confirmation web page including confirmation details of the reservation and a confirmation code containing reservation information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: NCR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jack W. Craig, Rafael Yepez
  • Patent number: 8191781
    Abstract: An automated access control system and method in one embodiment includes a storage rack comprising a plurality of storage compartments, a user port, a memory including program instructions for placing a key within one of the plurality of storage compartments, associating the key with the one of the plurality of storage compartments, identifying a user, associating the user and the stored key, removing the stored key from the one of the plurality of storage compartments, and making the removed key accessible to the user at the user port, and a processor operably connected to the memory for executing the program instructions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Theresa A. Heinz, Jack W. Craig, Adam D. Piverotto
  • Patent number: 8113429
    Abstract: A barcode reading station which mounts a barcode reader for reading a barcode on a barcode carrier, such as a document or electronic device which displays the barcode. The barcode reading station includes a holster for a barcode reader, the barcode reader producing a scan volume, a barcode reading table for identifying a target location for barcode reading, and a mirror for deflecting the scan volume of the barcode reader towards the barcode reading table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Jack W. Craig, Jason A. Mastry, Rafael Yepez, Randall L. Morrison
  • Publication number: 20110022405
    Abstract: A system and method of managing customer information. The method includes recording customer information and preferences for interacting with a plurality of providers by a computer, storing the customer information in a profile by the computer, and using the customer information to facilitate interaction between provider computers and the customer by the computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2009
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Inventors: Theresa A. Heinz, Jack W. Craig, Robert T. Borucki
  • Publication number: 20100155471
    Abstract: An automated access control system and method in one embodiment includes a storage rack comprising a plurality of storage compartments, a user port, a memory including program instructions for placing a key within one of the plurality of storage compartments, associating the key with the one of the plurality of storage compartments, identifying a user, associating the user and the stored key, removing the stored key from the one of the plurality of storage compartments, and making the removed key accessible to the user at the user port, and a processor operably connected to the memory for executing the program instructions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Theresa A. Heinz, Jack W. Craig, Adam D. Piverotto
  • Publication number: 20100155483
    Abstract: A barcode reading station which mounts a barcode reader for reading a barcode on a barcode carrier, such as a document or electronic device which displays the barcode. The barcode reading station includes a holster for a barcode reader, the barcode reader producing a scan volume, a barcode reading table for identifying a target location for barcode reading, and a mirror for deflecting the scan volume of the barcode reader towards the barcode reading table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Inventors: Jack W. Craig, Jason A. Mastry, Rafael Yepez, Randall L. Morrison
  • Patent number: 5706460
    Abstract: A variable vectored architecture digital computer provides real-time cont computations for a rocket control system by executing efficient variable-length instructions optimized for such an application by means of a microprogrammed processor and variable length fields within each instruction concept. A parallel architecture with two streams of commands is used with a new command structure. A new, more powerful instruction set was implemented to increase the throughput. Included in these new instructions are a series of block type moves which allow large amounts of data to be moved by loops within the microprogram instead of loops of firmware instructions which are fetched over and over again for each memory address. The new mechanization allows the firmware instruction fields to vary in length from 1 to 16 bits instead of the fixed 4 bit or 12 bit bytes found in the prior art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1998
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Jack W. Craig, H. C. Kancler, C. W. McBride
  • Patent number: D716171
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Jack W. Craig, John Johnson, Rafael Yepez