Opinion ID: 2673152
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 5

Heading: The Schulz Reference

Text: The Schulz reference is titled “Web interfaces for Mobile Robots in Public Places.” Schulz, at 1. Schulz “describes a series of Web interfaces, designed to remotely operate mobile robots in public places.” Id. One of the web interfaces “enables visitors to send a robot to a userspecified target location anywhere in the museum [to perform the function of a robotic tour-guide], assuming 12 INTOUCH TECHNOLOGIES, INC. v. VGO COMMUNICATIONS, INC. that the target location is in fact reachable. Control brokering is achieved through a first-come-first-serve basis, using a limited-size queue to schedule requests.” Id. at 2. Another interface “uses a voting scheme to arbitrate control among Web users. Here visitors can vote for a specific tour. At pre-scheduled points in time, the robot performs the function selected by the largest number of Web users.” Id.