Scooterbug, Inc.

Tomas Rodriguez

Wesley Edward Swogger

Marc M Barber

Mark Christopher Schmidt

Thomas Dwayne Taylor

Michael Buchoff Buchoff

Sowmya Balda

Edward Joel Rodriguez

Kyle Clarennce West

Brian William Rood

John Zaniker

Kevin George Miranda

Christopher T Meehan

Stephanie Cornelia Lutz

Kurt D Ring

Colt Wright Fletcher

Hal Gunner

John Thomas Zaniker

A method of contact-less access control to a device available for rental, access and use in an environment, by scanning multi-level machine-readable codes displayed in the environment using web-enabled mobile phones wirelessly connected to a wireless access control network. To practice a facility-level, site-level access and/or device-level access control method, a web-enabled mobile phone is used to scan facility-level, site-level and/or device-level machine-readable codes in the environment, and in response, rental transaction identifiers are stored within the cache on the web-enabled mobile phone scanning the machine-readable code. Each rental transaction identifier identifies the web-enabled mobile phone that is linked to a specific device rental transaction. After renting the selected device at either a facility-level, site-level or device-level location in the environment, the web-enabled mobile phone is used to scan the device-level machine-readable code on the rented device. The web-enabled mobile phone uses the rental transaction identifier stored within its cache to automatically enable access to the rented device at the selected site for use in the environment. While not required by the access methods, the user may set a passcode for entry into the system using the web-enabled mobile phone, to further constrain access to the rented device.

Wireless access control network for enabling contact-less access control of devices available for rental, access control and use in an environment by scanning multi-level machine-readable and displayed codes displayed in the environment using web-enabled mobile phones

A wireless network, mobile systems and methods for controlling access to lockers, strollers, wheel chairs and electronic convenience vehicles and other networked devices provided with machine-readable codes that are scanned by mobile phones and computing devices.

Wireless network, mobile systems and methods for controlling access to lockers, strollers, wheel chairs and electronic convenience vehicles provided with machine-readable codes scanned by mobile phones and computing devices

One embodiment of an electric convenience vehicle (ECV) may include a frame, a plurality of wheels configured to support and move the frame, a user support member supported by the frame, a steering mechanism disposed toward a front portion of the ECV, a motor configured to cause at least one wheel to be propelled forward, propelled backward, or to remain in a fixed position, a throttle, when activated in a first position, may cause the motor to propel the wheel(s) in a forward direction, when activated in a second position, may cause the motor to propel the wheel(s) in a reverse direction, and a control and communications unit (CCU) disposed in front of the user support member, and configured to control operations of the motor.

Electric convenience vehicle (ECV) with control and communications unit

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Winter Park, FL, United States of America

Tomas Rodriguez