Patents by Inventor David S. Hughes

David S. Hughes 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: 11951505
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a system and method for dispensing a floor coating in a specified ratio of multiple components is disclosed. The system and method may set and maintain a desired ratio of the multiple components by controlling, with a controller, a drive rate of respective pumps configured for propelling the components from a reservoir to a mixer or a dispenser. The controller may be responsive to at least one of a measured actual drive rate, an environmental condition, an actual usage of each component, and an operational parameter of the system, for adjusting a drive rate of the respective pumps to compensate for discrepancies that may affect the ratio of the multiple components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: SWIMC LLC
    Inventors: Kyle Sanford Smith, Murty Venkata Bhamidipati, David Royston Hughes, Robert S. Smith, Peter V. Ferris, Daniel R. Allen, Charles R. Sperry, David M. Kroll
  • Publication number: 20080120168
    Abstract: A method for marketing, advertizing or promoting a selected business via a computerized system 10 includes selecting a business (block 12) for promotion in a selected geographical area (block 14); determining potential customers quantities for the selected business in the selected geographical area (block 16); disposing information pertaining to the selected business on a memory storage device or disc for computers (block 18); distributing multiple copies of the disc to business locations corresponding to the selected business within the selected geographical area (block 20); providing at least one copy of the disc to a customer at a business location corresponding to the selected business (block 22); providing a computerized system accessible via computers that receive information (an access code) from the copy of the disc (block 24); and inputting products and services into the computerized system (block 26).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2007
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Inventor: David S. Hughes