Patents by Inventor Nicholas Linguanti

Nicholas Linguanti 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: 20240338617
    Abstract: A system includes a virtual queue controller configured to receive an indication of a reduced capacity event from an amusement park attraction, determine a reduction in capacity of the attraction, identify each guest having a return time in a virtual queue of the attraction that is affected by the reduced capacity event, remove guests having affected return times from the virtual queue, and generate a reaccommodation time slot for the guests removed from the virtual queue, select two or more updated return times within the reaccommodation time slot for each of the guests removed from the virtual queue, provide a notification to each guest removed from the virtual queue requesting guest input to select a single updated return time from the two or more updated return times, and return each guest to the virtual queue upon receiving a corresponding selection of the single updated return time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2024
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Inventors: Nicholas Linguanti, Casey Barreto, William Austin Kelly, Kyle P. Hanley, Mark James Traynor
  • Patent number: 12026643
    Abstract: A system includes a virtual queue controller configured to receive an indication of a reduced capacity event from an amusement park attraction, determine a reduction in capacity of the attraction, identify each guest having a return time in a virtual queue of the attraction that is affected by the reduced capacity event, remove guests having affected return times from the virtual queue, and generate a reaccommodation time slot for the guests removed from the virtual queue, select two or more updated return times within the reaccommodation time slot for each of the guests removed from the virtual queue, provide a notification to each guest removed from the virtual queue requesting guest input to select a single updated return time from the two or more updated return times, and return each guest to the virtual queue upon receiving a corresponding selection of the single updated return time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Universal City Studios LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas Linguanti, Casey Barreto, William Austin Kelly, Kyle P. Hanley, Mark James Traynor
  • Publication number: 20230153707
    Abstract: A system includes a virtual queue controller configured to receive an indication of a reduced capacity event from an amusement park attraction, determine a reduction in capacity of the attraction, identify each guest having a return time in a virtual queue of the attraction that is affected by the reduced capacity event, remove guests having affected return times from the virtual queue, and generate a reaccommodation time slot for the guests removed from the virtual queue, select two or more updated return times within the reaccommodation time slot for each of the guests removed from the virtual queue, provide a notification to each guest removed from the virtual queue requesting guest input to select a single updated return time from the two or more updated return times, and return each guest to the virtual queue upon receiving a corresponding selection of the single updated return time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Nicholas Linguanti, Casey Barreto, William Austin Kelly, Kyle P. Hanley, Mark James Traynor
  • Patent number: 11568333
    Abstract: A system includes a virtual queue controller configured to receive an indication of a reduced capacity event from an amusement park attraction, determine a reduction in capacity of the attraction, identify each guest having a return time in a virtual queue of the attraction that is affected by the reduced capacity event, remove guests having affected return times from the virtual queue, and generate a reaccommodation time slot for the guests removed from the virtual queue, select two or more updated return times within the reaccommodation time slot for each of the guests removed from the virtual queue, provide a notification to each guest removed from the virtual queue requesting guest input to select a single updated return time from the two or more updated return times, and return each guest to the virtual queue upon receiving a corresponding selection of the single updated return time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Universal City Studios LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas Linguanti, Casey Barreto, William Austin Kelly, Kyle P. Hanley, Mark James Traynor
  • Patent number: 10922933
    Abstract: A system for providing seating guidance for an attraction ride vehicle of an amusement park attraction includes a computing device associated with a display, one or more processors of the computing device, and one or more memory devices of the computing device storing information about the attraction ride vehicle and storing instructions corresponding to a seating application. The seating application, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the computing device to: provide an interface to receive seating input data for a guest or a group of guests, process the seating input data in combination with the information about the attraction ride vehicle based on seating logic to provide guidance data, and outputting guidance, based on the guidance data, for loading the guest or the group of guests onto the attraction ride vehicle via the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Universal City Studios LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas Linguanti, Jake Louden, Brian Carey, Jessica Harned, Andrew Jackson Biar
  • Publication number: 20200410412
    Abstract: A system includes a virtual queue controller configured to receive an indication of a reduced capacity event from an amusement park attraction, determine a reduction in capacity of the attraction, identify each guest having a return time in a virtual queue of the attraction that is affected by the reduced capacity event, remove guests having affected return times from the virtual queue, and generate a reaccommodation time slot for the guests removed from the virtual queue, select two or more updated return times within the reaccommodation time slot for each of the guests removed from the virtual queue, provide a notification to each guest removed from the virtual queue requesting guest input to select a single updated return time from the two or more updated return times, and return each guest to the virtual queue upon receiving a corresponding selection of the single updated return time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Nicholas Linguanti, Casey Barreto, William Austin Kelly, Kyle P. Hanley, Mark James Traynor
  • Publication number: 20190347911
    Abstract: A system for providing seating guidance for an attraction ride vehicle of an amusement park attraction includes a computing device associated with a display, one or more processors of the computing device, and one or more memory devices of the computing device storing information about the attraction ride vehicle and storing instructions corresponding to a seating application. The seating application, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the computing device to: provide an interface to receive seating input data for a guest or a group of guests, process the seating input data in combination with the information about the attraction ride vehicle based on seating logic to provide guidance data, and outputting guidance, based on the guidance data, for loading the guest or the group of guests onto the attraction ride vehicle via the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Nicholas Linguanti, Jake Louden, Brian Carey, Jessica Harned, Andrew Jackson Biar