Patents by Inventor Michael Buchoff

Michael Buchoff 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: 20260148606
    Abstract: A wireless access control system network, in which a multi-level machine-readable code system and method are deployed for initiating and enabling contact-less access control to a device available for rental, access and use in an environment, by scanning multi-level machine-readable codes displayed in said environment using web-enabled mobile phones. The multi-level machine-readable code system including multi-level codes including facility-level codes, site-level codes and device-level codes, that are scanned by mobile computing devices such as mobile smart phones to initiated web-based e-commerce-enabled transactions that allow guest users to select and rent the particular networked devices available for rental and use within a facility, such as, for example, storage lockers, strollers, EVCs, wheelchairs and the like at a site selected within the environment. The wireless access and control system network can automatically assign an available device to the guest user at the selected site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2025
    Publication date: May 28, 2026
    Applicant: SCOOTERBUG, INC.
    Inventors: Mark Christopher SCHMIDT, Wesley Edward SWOGGER, Thomas Dwayne TAYLOR, Michael BUCHOFF
  • Patent number: 12482321
    Abstract: A wireless access control system network, in which a multi-level machine-readable code system and method are deployed for initiating and enabling contact-less access control to a device available for rental, access and use in an environment, by scanning multi-level machine-readable codes displayed in said environment using web-enabled mobile phones. The multi-level machine-readable code system including multi-level codes including facility-level codes, site-level codes and device-level codes, that are scanned by mobile computing devices such as mobile smart phones to initiated web-based e-commerce-enabled transactions that allow guest users to select and rent the particular networked devices available for rental and use within a facility, such as, for example, storage lockers, strollers, EVCs, wheelchairs and the like at a site selected within the environment. The wireless access and control system network can automatically assign an available device to the guest user at the selected site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2025
    Assignee: Scooterbug, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Christopher Schmidt, Wesley Edward Swogger, Thomas Dwayne Taylor, Michael Buchoff
  • Publication number: 20240338992
    Abstract: A wireless access control system network, in which a multi-level machine-readable code system and method are deployed for initiating and enabling contact-less access control to a device available for rental, access and use in an environment, by scanning multi-level machine-readable codes displayed in said environment using web-enabled mobile phones. The multi-level machine-readable code system including multi-level codes including facility-level codes, site-level codes and device-level codes, that are scanned by mobile computing devices such as mobile smart phones to initiated web-based e-commerce-enabled transactions that allow guest users to select and rent the particular networked devices available for rental and use within a facility, such as, for example, storage lockers, strollers, EVCs, wheelchairs and the like at a site selected within the environment. The wireless access and control system network can automatically assign an available device to the guest user at the selected site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2024
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Applicant: Scooterbug, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Christopher Schmidt, Wesley Edward Swogger, Thomas Dwayne Taylor, Michael Buchoff
  • Patent number: 11995943
    Abstract: A multi-level machine-readable code system and method deployed in an environment supported by a wireless access control system network. The multi-level machine-readable code system including multi-level codes including facility-level codes, site-level codes and device-level codes, that are scanned by mobile computing devices such as mobile smart phones to initiated web-based e-commerce-enabled transactions that allow guest users to select and rent the particular networked devices available for rental and use within a facility, such as, for example, storage lockers, strollers, EVCs, wheelchairs and the like at a site selected within the environment. The wireless access and control system network can automatically assign an available device to the guest user at the selected site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: SCOOTERBUG, INC.
    Inventors: Mark Christopher Schmidt, Wesley Edward Swogger, Thomas Dwayne Taylor, Michael Buchoff