Patents by Inventor Stephen Charles Coates

Stephen Charles Coates 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).

  • System and method for facilitating access to a secured area
    Patent number: 11055942
    Abstract: In one aspect, a portable electronic device is provided for accessing a secured area to deliver a package therein. The portable electronic device includes a sensor configured to detect an indicium of the package and communication circuitry configured to communicate a message to a server computer associated with the package upon the sensor detecting the indicium. The communication circuitry is further configured to receive delivery information from the server computer, the delivery information including at least a location of the secured area. The portable electronic device further includes a processor operatively coupled to the sensor and the communication circuitry. The processor is configured to cause, via the communication circuitry, the movable barrier operator to open a movable barrier associated with the secured area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: The Chamberlain Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Charles Coates, Jeremy Eugene Jenkins, David R. Morris, Gregory John Stanek, Adam Joshua Schrems, James Scott Murray
  • System and Method for Facilitating Access to a Secured Area
    Publication number: 20190244448
    Abstract: In one aspect, a portable electronic device is provided for accessing a secured area to deliver a package therein. The portable electronic device includes a sensor configured to detect an indicium of the package and communication circuitry configured to communicate a message to a server computer associated with the package upon the sensor detecting the indicium. The communication circuitry is further configured to receive delivery information from the server computer, the delivery information including at least a location of the secured area. The portable electronic device further includes a processor operatively coupled to the sensor and the communication circuitry. The processor is configured to cause, via the communication circuitry, the movable barrier operator to open a movable barrier associated with the secured area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Maurien Alamin, Stephen Charles Coates, Jordan Ari Farber, Jeremy Eugene Jenkins, Ghazi Tahir Khan, Erik James Manninen, David R. Morris, Corey Jevon Norman, Sapta Gireesh Pudipeddi, Cory Jon Sorice, Gregory John Stanek