Patents by Inventor Ed Jennings

Ed Jennings 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).

  • Ice machine with remote monitoring
    Patent number: 7310957
    Abstract: A commercial ice making machine having an electronic monitoring device which captures the operating status and production history of the ice machine. The ice production history of the machine is communicated via telephony and/or the Internet on a regular recurring basis to a remote computer. The production history is used to generate invoices to the user of the ice machine, so that the user is charged based on his or her actual ice consumption. Failure of the ice machine is detected by the monitoring device and communicated immediately to a service company so that the ice machine can be repaired before the end user realizes the machine has failed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2007
    Assignee: Scotsman Ice Systems
    Inventors: John Broadbent, Rick Herbert, Ed Jennings, Randy J. Karas, Keith Glenn Kelly