Method and system for locating resources and communicating within an enterprise

A system for providing space option information related to reservable spaces in a facility area to a system user wherein the facility area includes reservable spaces and common spaces that are not reservable, the system comprising:

• a database storing space information for each reservable space option in the facility area and space map data specifying arrangement of the facility area spaces;
• a database including space scheduling information specifying scheduled reservable space use as well as users scheduled to use the reservable spaces;
• a database storing space preferences for at least a subset of space users;
• a user interface including a display screen;
• a set of occupancy sensors located within at least the reservable spaces for generating occupancy signals;
• and
• a processor linked to the databases and programmed to receive the occupancy signals and identify an occupancy state for each of the reservable spaces, receive an indication of a specific space user and to identify preferred spaces within the facility area, the processor further programmed to generate and present a graphical facility area map representation of the facility area on the display screen and to visually distinguish unoccupied and unscheduled spaces on the display screen from occupied or scheduled spaces on the display screen and to visually distinguish preferred spaces from non-preferred spaces on the display screen.

A system for providing space option information related to reservable spaces in a facility area to a system user wherein the facility area includes reservable spaces and common spaces that are not reservable, the system comprising:

• a database storing space information for each reservable space option in the facility area and space map data specifying arrangement of the facility area spaces;
• a database including space scheduling information specifying scheduled reservable space use as well as users scheduled to use the reservable spaces;
• a user interface including a display screen;
• a set of occupancy sensors located within at least the reservable spaces for generating occupancy signals;
• and
• a processor linked to the databases and programmed to receive the occupancy signals and identify an occupancy state for each of the reservable spaces, the processor further programmed to generate and present a graphical facility area map representation of the facility area on the display screen and to visually distinguish different space occupancy states on the graphical facility area map including at least:
• (i) unoccupied spaces that are not scheduled to be occupied within a first threshold period;
• and
• (ii) occupied spaces or spaces that are scheduled to be occupied within a second threshold period.