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Use of occupancy room sensors to manage meetings in meeting rooms

A conference room and conference technology, applied in the direction of instruments, data processing applications, general control systems, etc., can solve the problems of unavailability, achieve the effect of saving energy resources, effectively using, and preventing underutilization

Pending Publication Date: 2021-02-09
CARRIER CORP
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This can result in the meeting room being unoccupied but appearing to be unavailable when other employees try to use the booking software to find an available meeting room

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[0028] A detailed description of one or more embodiments of the disclosed apparatus and methods is presented herein, by way of illustration and not limitation, with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0029] One or more embodiments of the invention provide a system and method for managing meetings in conference rooms using occupancy room sensors. According to one or more embodiments of the invention, a room (eg, a conference or meeting room) is reserved for a specific time range, and sensors in the room are used to detect room occupancy during the specific time range. If the room occupancy sensor detects that the room is unoccupied, for example, five minutes after the meeting is scheduled to begin, an alert is sent to the person who booked the room, reminding them that they have already reserved the room. The alert can be sent to the conference coordinator in any manner known in the art, such as but not limited to by email message or by text message. If, for example, th...

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A method of occupancy room sensors includes obtaining a reservation for a meeting location, the reservation at a meeting time and reserved by a user. It is determined whether the meeting location is occupied within a first threshold time period subsequent to the meeting time. Based on determining that the meeting location is not occupied within the first threshold time period, an alert is sent tothe user. The alert includes a reminder of the meeting location and the meeting time. It is determined whether the meeting location is occupied within a second threshold time period subsequent to themeeting time. The second threshold time period is longer than the first threshold time period. It is requested that the reservation be cancelled based at least in part on determining that the meetinglocation is not occupied within the second threshold time period.

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technical field [0001] The subject matter disclosed herein relates generally to the field of scheduling systems, and more particularly to an apparatus and method for managing meetings in conference rooms using occupancy room sensors. Background technique [0002] Conference rooms in office buildings are often reserved by employees for a single planned meeting or for a series of planned meetings. For example, a meeting organizer can book a room for a project status meeting every Tuesday from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm, or on Monday, June 1 from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm for a department meeting. When a scheduled meeting is canceled or rescheduled, the meeting organizer may forget to communicate (or communicate) the change to the booking software. This can result in the meeting room being unoccupied but appearing to be unavailable when other employees try to use the booking software to find an available meeting room. Additionally, the building automation system may set the room's environm...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): G06Q10/10G06Q10/06G06Q50/06G05B15/02
CPCG06Q10/0631G06Q10/1095G06Q50/06G05B19/4155G05B2219/50333G06Q10/02G08B5/22
Inventor N·沙赫
Owner CARRIER CORP