Patents Represented by Attorney Kilpatick Townsend & Stockton LLP
  • Patent number: 8171195
    Abstract: An interface and protocol allow a media player to communicate with external accessories over a transport link. The protocol includes a core protocol functionality and a number of accessory lingoes. Examples of accessory lingoes include a microphone lingo, a simple remote lingo, a display remote lingo, an RF transmitter lingo, and an extended interface lingo.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Emily Clark Schubert, Wang Chun Leung, Gregory T. Lydon, Scott Krueger, Paul Phillip Holden, John Archibald, Lawrence G. Bolton, Donald J. Novotney, John Benjamin Filson, David Tupman
  • Patent number: 8161756
    Abstract: A dual compartment cooling device that is designed to cool water, or other beverages, as a batch based on expected demand. This provides for the cooling of beverages which are to be consumed in a subsequent demand cycle at which time it is refilled but allows remaining water to remain “hotter” until it is to be in the next dispense cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: DRS Sustainment Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Kutta, Matthew Wootton, Asdrubal Garcia-Ortiz
  • Patent number: D645300
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Foremost B.V.
    Inventor: Mike Collinson