Patents by Inventor Peter Macmillan

Peter Macmillan 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).

  • Navigation system and method
    Patent number: 8792911
    Abstract: A navigation system and method which provides direction to visitors in buildings or groups of buildings. The system includes a check-in computer for recording identification information and destination information of a person upon entry into a building, for interrogating a wireless communicator associated with the person to obtain a wireless identifier, and for storing the identification information, the destination information, and the wireless identifier in a record. The system further includes a plurality of navigation stations for receiving the wireless identifier along a route of the person, for determining directions to a next navigation station along the route based upon the destination information in the record, and for providing the directions to the person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Ricardo F. Sanches, Peter Macmillan, Graham Flett
  • NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20100331014
    Abstract: A navigation system and method which provides direction to visitors in buildings or groups of buildings. The system includes a check-in computer for recording identification information and destination information of a person upon entry into a building, for interrogating a wireless communicator associated with the person to obtain a wireless identifier, and for storing the identification information, the destination information, and the wireless identifier in a record. The system further includes a plurality of navigation stations for receiving the wireless identifier along a route of the person, for determining directions to a next navigation station along the route based upon the destination information in the record, and for providing the directions to the person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2009
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventors: Ricardo F. Sanches, Peter Macmillan, Graham Flett