Patents by Inventor Clarence Williams

Clarence Williams 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: 11093998
    Abstract: A method for facilitating mobile ordering includes associating a merchant handle with a merchant. A user account including a handle is created for a user within an ordering system. A product order, having order details, is received. The product order is stored and is associated with an order code such that the order details are retrievable based on reception of the order code. An enrollment message is provided to the handle. A message including the order code is received from the handle directed to the merchant handle. The handle is associated with the merchant handle and the order code to identify the product order, the merchant, and the user. An order confirmation message is including order details is provided to the handle. A user confirmation message is received from the handle. The product order is communicated to the merchant and an order status message to the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: FIRST DATA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Clarence Williams
  • Publication number: 20200202415
    Abstract: A method for facilitating mobile ordering includes associating a merchant handle with a merchant. A user account including a handle is created for a user within an ordering system. A product order, having order details, is received. The product order is stored and is associated with an order code such that the order details are retrievable based on reception of the order code. An enrollment message is provided to the handle. A message including the order code is received from the handle directed to the merchant handle. The handle is associated with the merchant handle and the order code to identify the product order, the merchant, and the user. An order confirmation message is including order details is provided to the handle. A user confirmation message is received from the handle. The product order is communicated to the merchant and an order status message to the handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: First Data Corporation
    Inventor: Clarence Williams
  • Patent number: 10580063
    Abstract: A method for facilitating mobile ordering includes associating a merchant handle with a merchant. A user account including a handle is created for a user within an ordering system. A product order, having order details, is received. The product order is stored and is associated with an order code such that the order details are retrievable based on reception of the order code. An enrollment message is provided to the handle. A message including the order code is received from the handle directed to the merchant handle. The handle is associated with the merchant handle and the order code to identify the product order, the merchant, and the user. An order confirmation message is including order details is provided to the handle. A user confirmation message is received from the handle. The product order is communicated to the merchant and an order status message to the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: First Data Corporation
    Inventor: Clarence Williams
  • Publication number: 20170061524
    Abstract: A method for facilitating mobile ordering includes associating a merchant handle with a merchant. A user account including a handle is created for a user within an ordering system. A product order, having order details, is received. The product order is stored and is associated with an order code such that the order details are retrievable based on reception of the order code. An enrollment message is provided to the handle. A message including the order code is received from the handle directed to the merchant handle. The handle is associated with the merchant handle and the order code to identify the product order, the merchant, and the user. An order confirmation message is including order details is provided to the handle. A user confirmation message is received from the handle. The product order is communicated to the merchant and an order status message to the handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventor: Clarence Williams
  • Publication number: 20160222691
    Abstract: A screen canopy for a zero turn mower protects the user from insects and flying debris while operating the mower. The canopy is lightweight and easily installed, but sturdy enough to prevent damage when moving closely past trees, hedges, and other vegetation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventor: Clarence Williams, JR.
  • Patent number: 9002372
    Abstract: Mentally challenged persons such as autistic children and Alzheimer's patients can become lost and they are hard to find because they have difficulty communicating or they are confused and disoriented. The present invention provides an apparatus, system and methods for locating lost persons (or animals or packages) whether they are indoors or outdoors. The apparatus comprises a cellular telephone unit which can be activated by a RF signal and which a child or patient can wear. The wearable unit can be activated by a caregiver's smart phone having a locating application installed therein. The locating application enables the caregiver to locate the lost person using radio direction finder triangulation when the lost person is within a few hundred feet of the caregiver. When the lost person is further away, the locating application employs cell phone tower triangulation or the wearable unit GPS/Assisted GPS application to determine an approximate location of the lost person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Danielle's Buddy, Inc.
    Inventors: Walter Jeffrey Shakespeare, Clarence William Crompton, Lawrence P. Levitt, Sharone Vaknin, Phillip William Wallace
  • Patent number: 8719287
    Abstract: A computer readable storage medium includes executable instructions to receive a request for an action. An action context is received where the action context includes an application requesting the action. A set of metadata is searched for metadata corresponding to the action, where the search is limited by the action context. Selected metadata for the action is inserted into a collection. The selected metadata is a result of searching the set of metadata. The selected metadata includes a reference to the set of executable instructions that implements the action and a description of the action. The collection is then returned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Business Objects Software Limited
    Inventors: Michael Robert Chatfield, Bonnie Yuk-Yee Cheng, Kevin Kyle Venkiteswaran, Clarence William Stad
  • Publication number: 20130260785
    Abstract: Mentally challenged persons such as autistic children and Alzheimer's patients can become lost and they are hard to find because they have difficulty communicating or they are confused and disoriented. The present invention provides an apparatus, system and methods for locating lost persons (or animals or packages) whether they are indoors or outdoors. The apparatus comprises a cellular telephone unit which can be activated by a RF signal and which a child or patient can wear. The wearable unit can be activated by a caregiver's smart phone having a locating application installed therein. The locating application enables the caregiver to locate the lost person using radio direction finder triangulation when the lost person is within a few hundred feet of the caregiver. When the lost person is further away, the locating application employs cell phone tower triangulation or the wearable unit GPS/Assisted GPS application to determine an approximate location of the lost person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2012
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: Danielle's Buddy, Inc.
    Inventors: Walter Jeffrey Shakespeare, Clarence William Crompton, Lawrence P. Levitt, Sharone Vaknin, Phillip William Wallace
  • Patent number: 8049364
    Abstract: A substantially uninterruptible backup power system to provide power to common household appliances comprises a rechargeable battery, a trickle-charging circuit to keep the battery fully charged at all times from the receptacle power, a DC to AC inverter to supply standard AC line voltage from the battery to the lamp, a relay switch, controlled by main power voltage, to switch to the backup system when main power fails, and a timing circuit to optimize a voltage output of the system based on current battery voltage and a desired time period for the voltage output. The system can be set to operate only when the appliance is turned on, which optimizes the current and power required to provide backup power to the appliance for a maximum period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Electrikus, Inc.
    Inventors: Walter Jeffrey Shakespeare, Clarence William Crompton
  • Publication number: 20090063415
    Abstract: A computer readable storage medium includes executable instructions to receive a request for an action. An action context is received where the action context includes an application requesting the action. A set of metadata is searched for metadata corresponding to the action, where the search is limited by the action context. Selected metadata for the action is inserted into a collection. The selected metadata is a result of searching the set of metadata. The selected metadata includes a reference to the set of executable instructions that implements the action and a description of the action. The collection is then returned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2007
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: BUSINESS OBJECTS, S.A.
    Inventors: Michael Robert CHATFIELD, Bonnie Yuk-Yee CHENG, Kevin Kyle VENKITESWARAN, Clarence William STAD
  • Publication number: 20080296975
    Abstract: A substantially uninterruptible backup power system to provide power to common household appliances comprises a rechargeable battery, a trickle-charging circuit to keep the battery fully charged at all times from the receptacle power, a DC to AC inverter to supply standard AC line voltage from the battery to the lamp, a relay switch, controlled by main power voltage, to switch to the backup system when main power fails, and a timing circuit to optimize a voltage output of the system based on current battery voltage and a desired time period for the voltage output. The system can be set to operate only when the appliance is turned on, which optimizes the current and power required to provide backup power to the appliance for a maximum period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Walter Jeffrey Shakespeare, Clarence William Crompton
  • Patent number: 6412510
    Abstract: A wellhead safety valve control system for opening and closing subsurface and surface safety valves in a predetermined sequence and certain components used with such control system. Dump valves in both latching and non-latching configurations are utilized within the control system. Embodiments of the dump valve may incorporate a time delay feature to ensure the subsurface safety valve is closed after a desired time period following the closure of the surface safety valve in the event of flowline anomalies. Provision is made for independent closure of the surface safety valve without closure of the subsurface safety valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Assignee: Barber Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Clarence William Johnson
  • Patent number: 6190640
    Abstract: The invention involves the therapeutic use of humanized antibodies, fragments, etc., which bind to the antigen A33. These antibody molecules are useful in the treatment of various neoplasias, including colon cancer. Various modes of administration, and doses are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Assignees: Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research
    Inventors: Sydney Welt, Gerd Ritter, Leonard Cohen, Clarence Williams, Jr., Elizabeth Carswell Richards, Mary John, Lloyd J. Old
  • Patent number: 6116268
    Abstract: A wellhead safety valve control system for opening and closing subsurface and surface safety valves in a predetermined sequence and certain components used with such control system. Dump valves in both latching and non-latching configurations are utilised within the control system. Embodiments of the dump valve may incorporate a time delay feature to ensure the subsurface safety valve is closed after a desired time period following the closure of the surface safety valve in the event of flowline anomalies. Provision is made for independent closure of the surface safety valve without closure of the subsurface safety valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2000
    Assignee: Barber Industries Inc.
    Inventor: Clarence William Johnson
  • Patent number: 6053711
    Abstract: Pump to supply fluid to at least two circuits in a control system for a production well. Each of the circuits is maintained at different pressures. The pump provides fluid to a plurality of poppets that are opened or closed depending on the positions of a cam surface which controls the position of the poppet. A pressure relief valve is used to prohibit fluid from entering a circuit unless the pressure exceeds the pressure of the fluid in the control circuit. The cam surfaces are controlled by a knob rotatable by an operator. By rotating the knob, the poppets can be opened or closed so as to provide fluid sequentially to each of the circuits and pressurize each circuit individually.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2000
    Assignee: Barber Industries Inc.
    Inventor: Clarence William Johnson
  • Patent number: 6015134
    Abstract: An actuator used to close and open a shut-in valve of a flowline. An indicator rod is threadedly connected to a connector which, in turn, is threadedly connected to the valve stem of the shut-in valve. A compression spring extends between a diaphragm plate and the bottom of the actuator. The shut-in valve is opened by pneumatic pressure above the diaphragm and the compression spring closes the shut-in valve by moving the valve stem when the pneumatic pressure above the diaphragm is exhausted to the atmosphere. The actuator including the compression spring may be disconnected from the bonnet on which the actuator is attached by rotating the indicator rod and removing the attachment bolts between the actuator and the attachment flange. The connector will be left on the valve stem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2000
    Assignee: Barber Industries Inc.
    Inventor: Clarence William Johnson
  • Patent number: 5971353
    Abstract: Dump/stop valve to regulate the time delay between the closure of a surface controlled subsurface safety valve and a surface controlled surface valve. Fluid is applied to a first cavity above a pilot plunger which maintains the subsurface safety valve in an open configuration. In the event the surface safety valve is intended to be closed, the fluid within the first cavity is bled off by a control circuit which immediately closes the surface safety valve. The pilot plunger responds by allowing the subsurface safety valve to be closed a predetermined and consistent time period thereafter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Assignee: Barber Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Clarence William Johnson
  • Patent number: 5851526
    Abstract: This invention relates to methods of reducing the effects of colon cancer tumors. Various agents are conjugated to monoclonal antibodies which are specific for colon cancer cells. The conjugates are administered to patients having colon cancer such that the effects of the cancer are reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1998
    Assignee: Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research
    Inventors: Sydney Welt, Gerd Ritter, Leonard Cohen, Clarence Williams, Jr., Elizabeth Carswell Richards, Mary John, Lloyd J. Old
  • Patent number: 5806237
    Abstract: A rodent bait station includes an enclosure having an inclined passageway leading from an opening in the enclosure to an elevated bait receptacle having a removable tray with a handle. The inclined passageway terminates at the lowest elevation of the opening to prevent water from becoming trapped in the enclosure. A separate internal receptacle is provided in the enclosure for storing and protecting printed materials, e.g., maintenance records. A replaceable latch on the enclosure includes an alignment member disposed between a pair of engagement members which engage cooperative slots and which are deformable to unengaged positions by a key that wedges between the engagement members and the alignment member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1998
    Assignee: Ecolab Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Dean Nelson, Douglas Grinnell Anderson, James Brian Easley, Kenneth Vern Schomburg, Robert Lee Dietz, Terry Leland Elichuk, Daniel Leroy Lobstein, Clarence William Snedeker
  • Patent number: 5565356
    Abstract: Monoclonal antibody 100-310 is found to be reactive against colon cancer cells and would therefore be useful for diagnostic imaging and treatment of colon cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1996
    Assignee: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
    Inventors: Sydney Welt, Clarence Williams, Jr., Elsje C. Barendswaard, Chaitanya R. Divgi, Pilar Garin-Chesa, Lloyd J. Old