IP Library Granted Patent US 12,088,340
Granted Patent B2
US 12,088,340 · App. 17/856,562 · Granted Sep 10, 2024

Systems and methods for collecting, managing, and leveraging crowdsourced data

Inventors: B. Eric Graham (Wenham, MA); Galen C. Nelson (Boston, MA); Chris Fuentes (Plaistow, NH); Kevin Loos (Cambridge, MA); Abdullah Daoud (Lynnfield, MA); Jeff McAulay (Cambridge, MA)
Assignee: CrowdComfort, Inc.
H04B10/116H04L67/52H04W4/029H04W4/33H04W4/026
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Patent No.
US 12,088,340
App. No.
17/856,562
Granted
Sep 10, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems and methods for providing an intuitive and semi-automated means of collecting and managing crowdsourced data via a crowdsourcing platform, and further leveraging the crowdsourced data to provide various features and services in the field of workplace and building automation and management.

Claims (33)

1. A method for providing geolocation-based building management in a crowdsourcing platform having a server system in communication with a plurality of mobile user devices running a mobile device application (“app”), the method comprising:

receiving, by the server system of the crowdsourcing platform, from a first set of mobile user devices, user feedback data reports related to facilities issues involving one or more spaces of a building, wherein the facilities issues include at least one of cleanliness, comfort, or maintenance, and wherein each user feedback data report is associated with a time stamp;

determining, by the server system, a type of facilities issue and a space of the one or more spaces associated with each user feedback data report, wherein the space of the one or more spaces is determined using a stored model of an interior of the building produced using crowdsourced data;

aggregating, by the server system, user feedback data reports into time stamped geo-located aggregated reports, each aggregated report related to a given type of facilities issue associated with a given space of the building;

determining, by the server system, for each aggregated report, an assigned user responsible for handling the given type of facilities issue for the given space of the building associated with the aggregated report based on a building technician database storing user profiles associated with maintenance of the given space or building; and

providing, by the server system, an automatic notification to each assigned user via an in-app messaging service including information regarding the given type of facilities issue and the given space of the building.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the user feedback data reports comprises custom text.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the user feedback data reports comprises image data.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the user feedback data reports comprises a comment on user feedback data report from another user.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the comment comprises an agreement with the user feedback data report from the other user.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving, from at least one of the first set of user devices, GPS data and wherein determining the space of the one or more spaces is based at least in part on the GPS data.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the space of the one or more spaces is based on a scanned location identifier associated with the user feedback data report.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the in-app notification includes a map of the given space.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

generating a building report comprising one or more of expected time of arrival of the assigned user at one or more spaces of the building; status of maintenance work related to one or more spaces of the building; summary of maintenance work related to one or more spaces of the building; or a heat map.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising sending an update to at least one user via the in-app messaging service.

11. A system for providing geolocation-based building management in a crowdsourcing platform, the system comprising:

a server system configured to communicate with and exchange data with a plurality of mobile user devices running a mobile device application (“app”), the server system comprising at least one hardware processor coupled to at least one non-transitory, computer-readable memory containing instructions executable by the at least one processor to cause the server system to:

receive, from a first set of mobile user devices, user feedback data reports related to facilities issues involving one or more spaces of a building, wherein the facilities issues include at least one of cleanliness, comfort, or maintenance, and wherein each user feedback data report is associated with a time stamp;

determine a type of facilities issue and a space of the one or more spaces associated with each user feedback data report, wherein the space of the one or more spaces is determined using a stored model of an interior of the building produced using crowdsourced data;

aggregate user feedback data reports into time stamped geo-located aggregated reports, each aggregated report related to a given type of facilities issue associated with a given space of the building;

determine, for each aggregated report, an assigned user responsible for handling the given type of facilities issue for the given space of the building associated with the aggregated report based on a building technician database storing user profiles associated with maintenance of the given space or building; and

provide an automatic notification to each assigned user via an in-app messaging service including information regarding the given type of facilities issue and the given space of the building.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein at least one of the user feedback data reports comprises custom text.

13. The system of claim 11 , wherein at least one of the user feedback data reports comprises image data.

14. The system of claim 11 , wherein at least one of the user feedback data reports comprises a comment on user feedback data report from another user.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the comment comprises an agreement with the user feedback data report from the other user.

16. The system of claim 11 , further comprising receiving, from at least one of the first set of user devices, GPS data and wherein determining the space of the one or more spaces is based at least in part on the GPS data.

17. The system of claim 11 , wherein determining the space of the one or more spaces is based on a scanned location identifier associated with the user feedback data report.

18. The system of claim 11 , wherein the in-app notification includes a map of the given space.

19. The system of claim 11 , further comprising:

generating a building report comprising one or more of expected time of arrival of the assigned user at one or more spaces of the building; status of maintenance work related to one or more spaces of the building; summary of maintenance work related to one or more spaces of the building; or a heat map.

20. The system of claim 11 , further comprising sending an update to at least one user via the in-app messaging service.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 9, 2024
From: DAOUD, ABDULLAH; GRAHAM, B. ERIC; NELSON, GALEN C.; FUENTES, CHRIS; LOOS, KEVIN; MCAULAY, JEFF
To: CROWDCOMFORT, INC.
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Continuity (21)
Continuation 16815807 · Mar 11, 2020
Continuation In Part 16745971 · Jan 17, 2020
Continuation In Part 16579172 · Sep 23, 2019
Continuation In Part 16538084 · Aug 12, 2019
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Continuation 15611295 · Jun 1, 2017
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Continuation In Part 15204978 · Jul 7, 2016
Continuation In Part 15204970 · Jul 7, 2016
Continuation In Part 14328492 · Jul 10, 2014
Continuation 14328492 · Jul 10, 2014
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