Patents by Inventor Craig Willis

Craig Willis 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).

  • Publication number: 20170115193
    Abstract: Various techniques are provided to implement a desorber of a sensor detector device that permits manual operation and is completely detachable from a main body of the sensor detector device. In one example, a device includes a desorber. The desorber includes an inlet comprising a fluid path configured to receive samples vaporized from sample media. The desorber also includes a cap configured to slide toward the inlet in response to a manual actuation of the cap performed by a user to transition the desorber from an open position to a closed position. The desorber further includes a heater configured to slide with the cap toward the inlet in response to the user actuation and vaporize the samples while the desorber is in the closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Craig Willis, Matthew Szabo, Craig Aker
  • Patent number: 7577757
    Abstract: A system and method for synchronizing a multiplicity of devices in a multimedia environment is described. The system has at least one central storage and interface device, wherein audio, video, and photographic information including content information and content management information, relating to at least one user, are stored in digital form. The system further has a plurality of zones each having a zone specific storage and interface device being capable of storing or interfacing with information stored in the central storage and interface device, wherein audio, video, or photographic information, relating to at least one user, contained within each one of the plurality of zone specific storage and interface devices and the central storage and interface device, are updated in relation with other zone specific storage and interface devices and the central storage and interface device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: ReQuest, Inc.
    Inventors: Harry Nick Carter, Ronald Cococcia, Zachary Piech, John Reine, Silvan Sauter, Steven Vasquez, Craig Willis, Hyung-Jun Brutus Youn
  • Publication number: 20070043847
    Abstract: A system and method for synchronizing a multiplicity of devices in a multimedia environment is described. The system has at least one central storage and interface device, wherein audio, video, and photographic information including content information and content management information, relating to at least one user, are stored in digital form. The system further has a plurality of zones each having a zone specific storage and interface device being capable of storing or interfacing with information stored in the central storage and interface device, wherein audio, video, or photographic information, relating to at least one user, contained within each one of the plurality of zone specific storage and interface devices and the central storage and interface device, are updated in relation with other zone specific storage and interface devices and the central storage and interface device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2006
    Publication date: February 22, 2007
    Inventors: Harry Carter, Ronald Cococcia, Zachary Piech, John Reine, Silvan Sauter, Steven Vasquez, Craig Willis, Hyung-Jun Youn
  • Patent number: 7136934
    Abstract: A system and method for synchronizing a multiplicity of devices in a multimedia environment is described. The system has at least one central storage and interface device, wherein audio, video, and photographic information including content information and content management information, relating to at least one user, are stored in digital form. The system further has a plurality of zones each having a zone specific storage and interface device being capable of storing or interfacing with information stored in the central storage and interface device, wherein audio, video, or photographic information, relating to at least one user, contained within each one of the plurality of zone specific storage and interface devices and the central storage and interface device, are updated in relation with other zone specific storage and interface devices and the central storage and interface device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2006
    Assignee: ReQuest, Inc.
    Inventors: Harry Nick Carter, Ronald Cococcia, Zachary Piech, John Reine, Silvan Sauter, Steven Vasquez, Craig Willis, Hyung-Jun Brutus Youn
  • Publication number: 20020194309
    Abstract: A system and method for synchronizing a multiplicity of devices in a multimedia environment is described. The system has at least one central storage and interface device, wherein audio, video, and photographic information including content information and content management information, relating to at least one user, are stored in digital form. The system further has a plurality of zones each having a zone specific storage and interface device being capable of storing or interfacing with information stored in the central storage and interface device, wherein audio, video, or photographic information, relating to at least one user, contained within each one of the plurality of zone specific storage and interface devices and the central storage and interface device, are updated in relation with other zone specific storage and interface devices and the central storage and interface device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2001
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Inventors: Harry Nick Carter, Ronald Cococcia, Zachary Piech, John Reine, Silvan Sauter, Steven Vasquez, Craig Willis, Hyung-Jun Brutus Youn