Patents by Inventor Damon C. Childers

Damon C. Childers has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11301788
    Abstract: A method for enabling network communication relating to a food preparation asset may include receiving, from a third party participant, a registration request to join a community including asset operators that operate at least one food preparation asset, registering the third party participant as a community member, providing the third party participant with access to a communication network for sharing information related to the asset, receiving data indicative of asset related activity, providing the third party participant with data indicative of asset related activity, and enabling the third party participant to establish communications with the asset or asset operators via the communication network based on the data indicative of asset related activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard W. Cartwright, Damon C. Childers, Eric A. Soller
  • Patent number: 9740998
    Abstract: A content distribution platform may include processing circuitry having a processor and memory. The memory may store a plurality of content items associated with at least one content library. The processor may be configured to enable distribution of the content items to at least a selected asset among a plurality of food preparation assets via a network. The content items may include at least visible content descriptive of a food item preparable using the selected asset and invisible content including non-human readable instructions for enabling the selected asset to prepare the food item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS, INC.
    Inventors: Richard W. Cartwright, Damon C. Childers, Eric A. Soller
  • Publication number: 20140330908
    Abstract: A content distribution platform may include processing circuitry having a processor and memory. The memory may store a plurality of content items associated with at least one content library. The processor may be configured to enable distribution of the content items to at least a selected asset among a plurality of food preparation assets via a network. The content items may include at least visible content descriptive of a food item preparable using the selected asset and invisible content including non-human readable instructions for enabling the selected asset to prepare the food item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Richard W. Cartwright, Damon C. Childers, Eric A. Soller
  • Publication number: 20140310189
    Abstract: A method for enabling network communication relating to a food preparation asset may include receiving, from a third party participant, a registration request to join a community including asset operators that operate at least one food preparation asset, registering the third party participant as a community member, providing the third party participant with access to a communication network for sharing information related to the asset, receiving data indicative of asset related activity, providing the third party participant with data indicative of asset related activity, and enabling the third party participant to establish communications with the asset or asset operators via the communication network based on the data indicative of asset related activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventors: Richard W. Cartwright, Damon C. Childers, Eric A. Soller
  • Publication number: 20140297467
    Abstract: A method for enabling network communication relating to a food preparation asset may include receiving, from a third party participant, a registration request to join a community including asset operators that operate at least one food preparation asset and registering the third party participant as a community member. The method may further include providing the third party participant with access to a communication network for sharing content items related to the asset and providing the third party participant with content creation tools to facilitate the creation of content items that include instructions associated with operation of the asset relative to preparation of a food product. The method may further include enabling the third party participant to distribute the content items to the asset operators via the communication network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Eric A. Soller, Damon C. Childers, Richard W. Cartwright