US 12,136,049 B2
Systems and methods for managing meeting spaces
Robert J. Taylor, Rogers, AR (US); Remington R. Rice, Bentonville, AR (US); Gerald C. Murphy, Rogers, AR (US); Nicholas Paul Dowd, Rogers, AR (US); and Carlos R. Alvarez, Rogers, AR (US)
Assigned to Walmart Apollo, LLC, Bentonville, AR (US)
Filed by Walmart Apollo, LLC, Bentonville, AR (US)
Filed on Jul. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/219,898.
Application 18/219,898 is a continuation of application No. 16/930,025, filed on Jul. 15, 2020, granted, now 11,741,399.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/874,186, filed on Jul. 15, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0351273 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/02 (2012.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 4/38 (2018.01)
CPC G06Q 10/02 (2013.01) [H04W 4/023 (2013.01); H04W 4/38 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
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1. A system for reassigning meeting rooms, the system comprising:
a plurality of sensors, wherein ones of the plurality of sensors are associated with the meeting rooms, wherein the ones of the plurality of sensors are configured to detect occupancy of the meeting rooms with which they are associated;
a scheduling database, wherein the scheduling database is configured to store scheduling information for the meeting rooms; and
a control circuit, wherein the control circuit is communicatively coupled to the plurality of sensors and the scheduling database via a network, wherein the control circuit is configured to:
receive, via the network, from a mobile device associated with a user, an indication of a request for a meeting room and the location of the mobile device;
determine, based on accessing the scheduling database and the indication of the location of the mobile device, that all meeting rooms within a threshold distance from the location of the mobile device are booked;
receive, from the plurality of sensors via the network, occupancy information for the meeting rooms;
determine, based on the occupancy information for the meeting rooms, that one of the meeting rooms within the threshold distance that is booked is unoccupied;
reassign to the user, in the scheduling database, the one of the meeting rooms within the threshold distance that is booked and unoccupied; and
cause transmission of a notification to the mobile device, via the network, that the one of the meeting rooms within the threshold distance that is booked and unoccupied has been reassigned to the user.