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US 2019/0164365 A1Published application
System and method for automated management of service industry and for-hire resources
AssigneeWhiteboard, LLC
InventorNicholas Keith Kolegraff
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Abstract
A resource management system for a service industry business includes a recommendation engine that initiates one or more service actions and/or device actions based on inputs from one or more sensors and/or an obtained customer location within a building or facility. The resource management system automatically distributes, assigns, schedules, and/or reserves one or more resources for the benefit of the detected customer based on one or more recommendations of the recommendation engine.
Claims2
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A door comprising:
- an access control device comprising;
- a power-over-ethernet coupling;
- a controller powered by the power-over-ethernet coupling;
- and
- a wireless receiver in communication with the controller and powered by the power-over-ethernet coupling;
- and
- an actuator in communication with the access control device;
- wherein the controller is configured to:
- track a location of an electronic device relative to the door, the electronic device associated with a customer;
- instruct the actuator to open the door after the wireless receiver of the access control device determines that the electronic device is approaching the wireless receiver;
- and
- automatically initiate billing of the customer after the door is opened by the actuator.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.