Patents by Inventor Edward C. Powell

Edward C. Powell 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: 11949725
    Abstract: One embodiment provides for a media playback device comprising a memory device to store instructions; one or more processors to execute the instructions stored on the memory device, the instructions to cause the one or more processors to provide a playback queue manager to manage one or more media playback queues including a set of media items associated with a scheduled event and a playback routing manager to determine an output destination for the set of media items based on context associated with the scheduled event, the playback routing manager to route output of playback of the set of media items to one or more of multiple different connected media playback devices based on the context associated with the scheduled event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas M. Alsina, David C. Graham, Andrew M. Wadycki, Edward T. Schmidt, Joel M. Lopes Da Silva, Richard M. Powell, Gregory R. Chapman
  • Patent number: 5533578
    Abstract: A two pointed shovel comprising a structure bifurcated at a bottom edge of a shovel blade, for digging into and scraping the ground, so as to make the shovel blade more stable and less susceptible to rolling from side to side. The shovel blade is more efficient to use in removing various objects from the ground. A component between the bifurcated structure at the bottom edge of the shovel blade, is for cutting cleanly through a root when the root is encountered while digging into the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 9, 1996
    Inventor: Edward C. Powell