Patents by Inventor Tom Benstein

Tom Benstein 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: 20250239336
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for sharing information useful to screen access to a building. For example, the system includes a sensor unit adjacent a building entrance, a visitor computing device and an occupant computing device associated with an occupant of the building. The system detects the visitor computing device adjacent the entrance and requests data about the visitor from the visitor's computing device. The visitor can share data, such as health data, professional credential, or identity by presenting a machine-readable code to an optical camera enabled to read a machine-readable code. The system can acquire additional data, such as an image, criminal history. The system provides an alert to the user of system based on the processed data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2024
    Publication date: July 24, 2025
    Applicant: Safety Shield Products, LLC
    Inventors: William BURBANK, Tom BENSTEIN
  • Patent number: 11984222
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for sharing health information. For example, the system includes a sensor unit adjacent a building entrance, a first computing device of a visitor to the building entrance, and a second computing device associated with an occupant of the building. The system can include device connected to a smart-home network. One method includes detecting the first computing device adjacent the entrance, requesting health data from the first computing device, the first computing device checking for authorization to share the health data with a user associated of the second computing device; the first computing device sending health data to the second computing device, a second computing device receiving the health data pertaining to the user of the first computing device, and the second computing device notifying the user of the second computing device based on the received health data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Safety Shield Products, LLC
    Inventors: William Burbank, Tom Benstein
  • Publication number: 20230067950
    Abstract: A system for non-contact body temperature determination includes a temperature sensor unit having a temperature sensor configured to detect a body temperature of a human subject within a field of view of the temperature sensor. The system also includes a computing device having a user interface and configured to wirelessly communicate with the temperature sensor unit, to receive body temperature information from the temperature sensor unit, and to display the body temperature information to a user. In some embodiments, the system includes a video doorbell assembly having a doorbell button, a microphone, a speaker, and an optical camera. Also disclosed is a method of determining a body temperature of a visitor at a building entrance equipped with a video doorbell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: Safety Shield Products, LLC
    Inventors: William Burbank, Tom Benstein
  • Publication number: 20230061616
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for sharing health information. For example, the system includes a sensor unit adjacent a building entrance, a first computing device of a visitor to the building entrance, and a second computing device associated with an occupant of the building. The system can include device connected to a smart-home network. One method includes detecting the first computing device adjacent the entrance, requesting health data from the first computing device, the first computing device checking for authorization to share the health data with a user associated of the second computing device; the first computing device sending health data to the second computing device, a second computing device receiving the health data pertaining to the user of the first computing device, and the second computing device notifying the user of the second computing device based on the received health data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: Safety Shield Products, LLC
    Inventors: William Burbank, Tom Benstein