The quiet workplace system
AssigneeThe Sheffield Company, LLC
InventorJoseph McCormack
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Abstract
A system and method for providing, protecting, and promoting quiet in the workplace is presented. Utilizing specially designed pods arranged in a protected quite workplace environment, users can schedule dedicated quiet work time for increased focus and attention away from distraction. Access to the quiet workplace environment may be managed by a smart reservation system that can actively manage reservation times and durations to stagger access to the environment and assign users to various pods in the environment such that interactions among users in the environment is minimized or eliminated, thereby further promoting focused, distraction free work time.
Claims20
A system for minimizing workplace distractions, the system comprising:
- a work pod area comprising a plurality of work pods available for use by a plurality of users, and
- a reservation system for managing appointments for use of the work pods by the plurality of users,
- wherein the reservation system staggers access to the work pod area by the plurality of users such that users avoid interactions with other users upon entry and exit from the work pod area,
- and further wherein the reservation system manages each user's work pod assignment to minimize instances of a subsequent user from having to travel past an occupied work pod.
A method of minimizing workplace distractions during focused work, the method comprising:
- providing a work pod area comprising a plurality of work pods, wherein the work pods are available for set appointments of limited duration;
- enabling a plurality of users to reserve individual appointments in a reservation system;
- wherein the reservation system actively manages the appointments and work pod assignments to enable staggered access by the users to the work pod area and disbursement of work pod assignments for each user such that interactions among users during ingress and egress is minimized.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.