Patents by Inventor Robert Bence

Robert Bence 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: 20250173632
    Abstract: Response to interruption of a travel itinerary of a traveler, systems and methods configure an interactive generative artificial intelligence system to provide an electronic chat interface for a traveler and provide prompt responses to the traveler including information on the interruption and optionally an automatically rebooked itinerary. Additionally, the interactive generative artificial intelligence system receives prompts based on prompt inputs from the traveler and accesses routing data corresponding to one or more alternative travel itineraries. The routing data may include different travel locations and different travel modes determined based on the prompt inputs provided by the traveler to the interactive generative artificial intelligence system. Prompt responses containing information on alternative travel itineraries generated via interactive generative artificial intelligence system are displayed to the traveler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2024
    Publication date: May 29, 2025
    Inventors: Julee Evans, Imran Ullah Mohammad, Robert Bence
  • Patent number: 12175475
    Abstract: A method and system may automatically provide a remote airline agent to a user. A server device receives pending requests to communicate with a remote airline agent from users each attempting to modify a flight segment or obtain assistance related to the flight segment. For each of the requests, the server device obtains flight information for the flight segments to identify a flight urgency level or a flight criticality level for the flight segment. The server device assigns a priority level to each of the pending requests based on one or more attributes associated with each pending request, ranks the pending requests in accordance with the assigned priority levels, and automatically connects to a client device for a highest ranked request of the pending requests to initiate a video chat between the user and the remote airline agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: UNITED AIRLINES, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Bence, Stephanie Ricker, Shubhankar Chowdhury, James Stathopoulos
  • Publication number: 20240177174
    Abstract: A method and system may automatically provide a remote airline agent to a user. A server device receives pending requests to communicate with a remote airline agent from users each attempting to modify a flight segment or obtain assistance related to the flight segment. For each of the requests, the server device obtains flight information for the flight segments to identify a flight urgency level or a flight criticality level for the flight segment. The server device assigns a priority level to each of the pending requests based on one or more attributes associated with each pending request, ranks the pending requests in accordance with the assigned priority levels, and automatically connects to a client device for a highest ranked request of the pending requests to initiate a video chat between the user and the remote airline agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2024
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Robert Bence, Stephanie Ricker, Shubhankar Chowdhury, James Stathopoulos
  • Patent number: 11935070
    Abstract: A method and system may automatically provide a remote airline agent to a user. A server device receives pending requests to communicate with a remote airline agent from users each attempting to modify a flight segment or obtain assistance related to the flight segment. For each of the requests, the server device obtains flight information for the flight segments to identify a flight urgency level or a flight criticality level for the flight segment. The server device assigns a priority level to each of the pending requests based on one or more attributes associated with each pending request, ranks the pending requests in accordance with the assigned priority levels, and automatically connects to a client device for a highest ranked request of the pending requests to initiate a video chat between the user and the remote airline agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: UNITED AIRLINES, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Bence, Stephanie Ricker, Shubhankar Chowdhury, James Stathopoulos
  • Publication number: 20230259953
    Abstract: A method and system may automatically provide a remote airline agent to a user. A server device receives pending requests to communicate with a remote airline agent from users each attempting to modify a flight segment or obtain assistance related to the flight segment. For each of the requests, the server device obtains flight information for the flight segments to identify a flight urgency level or a flight criticality level for the flight segment. The server device assigns a priority level to each of the pending requests based on one or more attributes associated with each pending request, ranks the pending requests in accordance with the assigned priority levels, and automatically connects to a client device for a highest ranked request of the pending requests to initiate a video chat between the user and the remote airline agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Robert Bence, Stephanie Ricker, Shubhankar Chowdhury, James Stathopoulos