US 12,462,225 B2
System for reserving and configuring user-personalized workspace
Robert Bach, Lakewood Ranch, FL (US); Mark Slivovsky, West Caldwell, NJ (US); and William Braaf, Dallas, TX (US)
Assigned to Crestron Electronics, Inc., Rockleigh, NJ (US)
Filed by Crestron Electronics, Inc., Rockleigh, NJ (US)
Filed on Nov. 26, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/960,453.
Application 18/960,453 is a continuation of application No. 17/718,953, filed on Apr. 12, 2022, granted, now 12,198,106.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/182,466, filed on Apr. 30, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/174,379, filed on Apr. 13, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2025/0086597 A1, Mar. 13, 2025
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/02 (2012.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G06K 7/14 (2006.01); G06Q 10/1093 (2023.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04W 4/12 (2009.01)
CPC G06Q 10/1093 (2013.01) [G06K 7/10297 (2013.01); G06K 7/10366 (2013.01); G06K 7/1417 (2013.01); G06Q 10/02 (2013.01); H04L 63/061 (2013.01); H04W 4/12 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for reserving and providing a user with a personalized workspace, the system comprising:
(a) at least one workspace, including
(1) at least one workspace device;
(b) at least one panel associated with the at least one workspace, and including
(1) an associated display, wherein
(2) the at least one panel is configured to control the associated display;
(c) at least one docking station, including
(1) a plurality of power ports, and
(2) a plurality of data ports, wherein
(3) at least one power port of the plurality of power ports and at least one data port of the plurality of data ports are connected to the at least one workspace device; and
(d) a portal configured to control operation and configuration of the at least one workspace, the at least one docking station, and the at least one panel, the portal being further configured to
(1) receive a user-initiated request to reserve a workspace for a predetermined period, the user request specifying one or more workspace devices required by the user,
(2) reserve the at least one workspace for the user for the predetermined period based on the user request, including
(A) generating a two-dimensional barcode (“2D code”) that is unique to the reserved workspace and unique to that reservation, and
(B) transmitting the generated 2D code to the panel associated with the reserved workspace for presentation on the associated display,
(3) transmit information about the reserved workspace to a user device,
(4) receive, from the user device, data generated by the user device from a scan of the 2D code presented on the associated display, and
(5) in response to receiving the scanned data,
(A) check in the user into the reserved workspace, and
(B) activate and configure the at least one docking station according to the user request, including
(i) activating the at least one power port of the plurality of power ports and the at least one data port of the plurality of data ports of the at least one docking station upon the at least one workspace device connected thereto substantially matching at least one of the one or more workspace devices specified in the user request,
(ii) the user thereby being supplied with a personalized workspace in response to the user merely providing the user request and then checking in.