Patents Assigned to SWS Development, L.L.C.
  • Patent number: 7056006
    Abstract: A nightlight with an interchangeable design disk mounted on the front thereof. A casing has an illumination area in a front side thereof, and a light bulb illuminates the illumination area from within. The nightlight also includes an electric motor mounted in the casing that has a shaft that extends through the front side of the casing proximate to the illumination area. The design disk mounts on the shaft and rotates with the shaft when the motor is energized. The design disk has a diameter that causes the disk to cover the illumination area in the front side of the casing when the disk is mounted on the shaft. The design disk has a design thereon that is visible when viewed from the front side of the nightlight when the light bulb shines through the disk from the illumination area in the front side of the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: SWS Development, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Steven W. Smith
  • Patent number: 6771971
    Abstract: A Subscriber Information Service Center (SISC) in a wireless telecommunications network provides location and status information about identified mobile subscribers to a requesting subscriber. The requesting subscriber may access the SISC by e-mail. The SISC retrieves the location information from the mobile subscriber's HLR, and returns the requested information by e-mail or by posting the information on a Web site associated with the SISC. A SIP proxy in the SISC enables a second-generation mobile subscriber to request information for other mobile subscribers. The SISC may also retrieve status information from the MSC serving the mobile subscriber relating to any ongoing call by the mobile subscriber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Assignee: SWS Development, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Steven W. Smith