GREGORY H HALE
Physician at New Berne Rd, Richmond, VA

6785539, Aug 31, 2004

Dec 5, 2002

10/314070

Gregory B. Hale - Orlando FL
Reynold Duane Green - Orlando FL
William G. Wiedefeld - Clermont FL
Harold Andrew McLaughlin - Orlando FL

Disney Enterprises, Inc. - Burbank CA

H04Q 720

4554221, 4554561, 4554142, 4554144, 3408252, 34082522, 34082527

The present invention provides for a system and method of wirelessly triggering portable devices to provide a user with audio and/or visual information related to a show or attraction, for example, or for the purposes of captioning, language translation, assistive listening, and descriptive audio. As a person moves about a venue, a portable device receives signals from transmitters at venue locations. Transmissions may be via infrared or radio signals. The receiving device decodes each signal as a venue location, event time, or device trigger. The receiving device processes the signal and its memory to start a presentation on the device. The portable device memory contains audio, text, graphics, and/or visual content; device playback may contain one or many of these stored contents. The stored content may be synchronized with the users location, time of travel, time of day, time of a show, or an event in a show. Stored content may be in one or many languages.

6173209, Jan 9, 2001

Aug 10, 1999

9/372405

Bruce G. Laval - Windermere FL
Gregory B. Hale - Orlando FL

Disney Enterprises, Inc. - Burbank CA

G06F15500, G06F 1300, G06F 1760, G06K 500

700 91

The invention is a method and system for managing admission to an attraction. In one or more embodiments, the system comprises a first queue by which customers may access the attraction by waiting in line and a second queue by which customers may access the attraction in a manner which avoids the first queue. The system includes a first validator for validating an entitlement of a customer to receive an assigned time in the future for accessing the attraction via the second queue, a media distributor for distributing a media to an entitled customer, the media including the assigned time at which the entitled customer is entitled to access the attraction in the future, and a second validator for validating the entitled customer access to the attraction at the time provided on the media. In accordance with a method of the invention, a customer may access an attraction in a manner which avoids standing in a first waiting line by verifying entitlement to utilize a second queue, obtaining a pass entitling the customer to access the attraction at a future time, and returning to the attraction at the future time and gaining access with the pass. In this method, the customer may leave the vicinity of the attraction between when the pass is issued and the future time at which the customer is entitled to access to the attraction.

7224967, May 29, 2007

Jul 21, 2004

10/897251

Gregory Brooks Hale - Orlando FL, US
Reynold Duane Green - Orlando FL, US
Harold Andrew McLaughlin - Orlando FL, US
William George Wiedefeld - Clermont FL, US
Phu Van Nguyen - Orlando FL, US

Disney Enterprises, Inc. - Burbank CA

H04M 3/42, H04Q 7/20

4554221, 4554561, 4554142

The present invention provides for a system and method of wirelessly triggering portable devices to provide a user with audio and/or visual information related to a show or attraction, for example, or for the purposes of captioning, language translation, assistive listening, and descriptive audio. As a person moves about a venue, a portable device receives signals from transmitters at venue locations. Transmissions may be via infrared or radio signals. The receiving device decodes each signal as a venue location, event time, or device trigger. The receiving device processes the signal and its memory to start a presentation on the device. The portable device memory contains audio, text, graphics, and/or visual content; device playback may contain one or many of these stored contents. The stored content may be synchronized with the user's location, time of travel, time of day, time of a show, or an event in a show. Stored content may be in one or many languages.

7400932, Jul 15, 2008

Aug 29, 2006

11/468284

Jonathan Ackley - Glendale CA, US
Gregory B Hale - Orlando FL, US
Kenneth W Schweizer - Orlando FL, US

Disney Enterprises, Inc. - Burbank CA

G05B 11/01, G05B 15/00, G05B 19/42

700 17, 700 83, 700 89

A system and method of wirelessly managing the loading of patrons to an attraction in an entertainment environment is disclosed. A patron can register with the entertainment environment utilizing a wireless device owned by the patron. An electronic entry ticket for the attraction is allocated to the patron through the wireless device, the electronic entry ticket includes a time and a patron identifier in short messaging service format. The electronic entry ticket can also be provided in multimedia messaging service format. The patron can be provided with promotional information through the wireless device, wherein the promotional information can be related to the attraction. Finally, the patron can redeem the entry ticket at the time provided for the allocated entry ticket and allow the patron to enter the attraction utilizing the patron identifier.

2014006, Mar 6, 2014

Aug 28, 2012

13/596210

Gregory Brooks Hale - Orlando FL, US
Gregory Gerard Johnson - Windermere FL, US
Jeffrey R. Schenck - Clermont FL, US

DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC. - Burbank CA

G01S 19/48

34235731

A computing device may rely on GPS and IR communication to determine its current location. The limits of GPS may prevent it from reliably providing location data to the computing device in a variety of situations such as in downtown metropolitan areas, geographic regions with thick canopies, in buildings, and the like. As a result, a second communication technique may also be used to provide location data to the computing device. For example, an IR transmitter may transmit location data to the computing device which, in turn, uses the location data to identify its current location. In addition, the computing device may receive or transmit supplemental data using the second communication technique for, e.g., synchronizing the computing device to a real-time event happening at the identified location or providing the location of the device to a central computing system.

7222080, May 22, 2007

Oct 15, 2003

10/687190

Gregory B. Hale - Orlando FL, US
Dale A. Stafford - Windermere FL, US
Andrew Schwalb - Mt. Dora FL, US
Tom Craven - Windermere FL, US
Kenneth W. Schweizer - Orlando FL, US

Disney Enterprises, Inc. - Burbank CA

G06Q 10/00

705 5, 705 6, 34082528

A method and system for the loading of patrons at multiple attractions at an entertainment includes the first-in first-out line and a priority based line. A cellular telephone is used to obtain and claim priority status. In other forms different priorities are established based on where, when and the number of priority spaces required. Different hierarchies are established for computer controlling the different lines for multiple attractions in the entertainment environment. The system and method also provide for moving people from an area of concentration to other locations.

7532941, May 12, 2009

Oct 15, 2003

10/687191

Gregory B. Hale - Orlando FL, US
Dale A. Stafford - Windermere FL, US
Andrew Schwalb - Mt. Dora FL, US
Tom Craven - Windermere FL, US
Kenneth W. Schweizer - Orlando FL, US

Disney Enterprises, Inc. - Burbank CA

G06Q 10/00, G01C 21/34, G01C 21/36, G05B 15/00

700 83, 705 5, 705 6

A method and system for the loading of patrons at multiple attractions at an entertainment includes the first-in first-out line and a priority based line. A cellular telephone is used to obtain and claim priority status. In other forms different priorities are established based on where, when and the number of priority spaces required. Different hierarchies are established for computer controlling the different lines for multiple attractions in the entertainment environment. The system and method also provide for moving people from an area of concentration to other locations.

7720718, May 18, 2010

Oct 15, 2003

10/687226

Gregory B. Hale - Orlando FL, US
Dale A. Stafford - Windermere FL, US
Andrew Schwalb - Mt. Dora FL, US
Tom Craven - Windermere FL, US
Kenneth W. Schweizer - Orlando FL, US

Disney Enterprises, Inc. - Burbank CA

G06Q 30/00

705 26, 705 5, 705 41, 705 51, 715741, 715839, 235375, 235380, 235382

A method and system for the loading of patrons at multiple attractions at an entertainment includes the first-in first-out line and a priority based line. A cellular telephone is used to obtain and claim priority status. In other forms different priorities are established based on where, when and the number of priority spaces required. Different hierarchies are established for computer controlling the different lines for multiple attractions in the entertainment environment. The system and method also provide for moving people from an area of concentration to other locations.