Patents by Inventor David Donahue

David Donahue 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: 11540677
    Abstract: The present invention is an automated toilet lid and toilet seat actuating system for toilets that enables the user to raise and lower a toilet lid and toilet seat by electrical switches, remote control, voice command or motion sensors incorporating a horizontal mounted linear actuator, an electromagnet attached to a toilet lid or toilet seat, a piece of ferrous metal attached to a toilet lid or toilet seat, a toilet lid bracket with a bore of different diameters mounted to a toilet lid, an adapter rod of different diameters, a removable lid bracket cap, an electronic control with off delay timer circuit and a power supply or battery. The removal of the lid bracket cap from the toilet lid bracket facilitates the manual operation of the toilet lid and toilet seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Inventor: Larry David Donahue
  • Publication number: 20140089215
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a system, non-transitory computer-readable medium, and method for confining content. A digital receipt is generated in response to a request for content. An identifier associated with the remote device sending the request is included in the digital receipt such that use of the content is confined to the remote device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Oscar A. Montemayor, David Donahue
  • Publication number: 20060256788
    Abstract: A packet containing a request for content is initially received at a content filtering router. The packet comprises a destination Internet Protocol (IP) address of a content server that stores the content and a bogus IP address. It is ascertained that the destination IP address is on a list of approved destination IP address. Alternatively, it is ascertained that the destination IP address is on a list of probably unapproved destination IP addresses and the packet is routed in accordance with an alternative IP address to a content filtering server. In this alternative, at the content filtering server the bogus IP address is used to determine a content filtering category and it is ascertained whether the destination IP address with the content filtering category should be filtered based upon a list of IP addresses and associated content filtering categories.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2006
    Publication date: November 16, 2006
    Inventor: David Donahue