ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,287, issued on March 18, was assigned to Building Robotics Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).
"Flexible workspace system with real-time sensor feedback for mobile check-in" was invented by Tanuj Mohan (Mountain View, Calif.), Michael Edward Giannikouris (Elora, Canada) and Colm Nee (Kitchener, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flexible workspace system with real-time sensor feedback comprises workstations, presence sensors, workstation transmitters, a mobile device, and an upstream device. The workstations are established within a predetermined area, and each workstation includes a substantially horizontal surface having an upper sid...