Patents
US 10388103 B1: Data transport system and method for hospitality industry
- Granted
- 2019-08-20
- Filed
- 2012-09-24 application 13625058
- Type
- Utility · 15 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes, at a central data center including at least one server computer, maintaining central hospitality data for a plurality of hospitality systems. The method further includes serving, by the central data center, at least a portion of the central hospitality data to a plurality of computing devices operated by hospitality consumers. The method also includes, at the central data center, receiving, at regular intervals, an automated email from each hospitality system of the plurality of hospitality systems. Each automated email encapsulates updated local hospitality data gathered by the hospitality system. In addition, the method includes, at the central data center, retrieving the updated local hospitality data from each automated email. Also, the method includes, at the central data center, updating the central hospitality data per the updated local hospitality data.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg190820.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genesis Gaming Solutions, Inc. 14 patents | US company or organization | Spring, TX | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy L. Knust | Diemelstraße, TX | 14 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Eric Schoppe | Conroe, TX | 14 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| G07F | Coin-freed or like apparatus | G07F17/32 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G06Q | Information and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes; systems or methods specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes, not otherwise provided for | G06Q30/02 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-01-09 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | KNUST, RANDY L. signed 2012-12-26 SCHOPPE, ERIC signed 2012-12-26 | GENESIS GAMING SOLUTIONS, INC. SPRING, TX | 29593/755 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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