Patents by Inventor Edward Willis

Edward 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: 20080021827
    Abstract: A method and a means comprising a card with an encoded magnetic stripe or microprocessor that allows funds to be transferred from the card issuer to a medical service provider. The card would allow an insured person to prepay funds to be used for medical services rendered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Inventor: Edward Willis
  • Publication number: 20080010098
    Abstract: A method and a means comprising a card with an encoded magnetic stripe or microprocessor that allows funds to be transferred from the card issuer to a medical service provider. The card would allow an insured person to prepay funds to be used for medical services rendered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2007
    Publication date: January 10, 2008
    Inventor: Edward Willis
  • Publication number: 20070249323
    Abstract: Provisioned wireless service (PWS) authentication apparatus and method simplifies determination of PWS authentication state by dual mode access point (DMAP) receiving an identifying credential from supplicant dual mode mobile station (DMMS) within predefined authentication period and comparing with authentication credential. DMMS is provisioned PWS upon authentication. DMAP having multiple BSSID remotely configurable to differentiate between provisioned services (e.g., voice, VoIP) and standard wireline/fixed wireless services. DMAP and DMMS are each identifiable by respective unique provisioned service BSSID. Identifying credential can be pass code supplied to DMMS user by DMAP operator to facilitate authenticated association and to deter wireless channel interlopers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2006
    Publication date: October 25, 2007
    Inventors: Shze Lee, Andrew Gutman, Edward Willis
  • Publication number: 20070245337
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for dynamically managing non-volatile memory items in a wireless device, the method comprising the steps of: checking the non-volatile memory items for a unique identifier item; if the unique identifier item exists, comparing an identifier stored within the unique identifier item with a software identifier located in software on the wireless device; and if the unique identifier item does not exist or if the identifier is different from the software identifier, performing the steps of: updating the non-volatile memory items; and writing the software identifier to the unique identifier item. The method may further include a rollback scheme for previous software versions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2007
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Inventor: Edward Willis
  • Publication number: 20060221940
    Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, a provisioning method for establishing a telecommunications service including the operations of sending a resynchronization message to a user terminal unit, redirecting the resynchronization message to a customer premises equipment (CPE) unit, acquiring the configuration server network address from the resynchronization message, connecting the CPE unit through the network to a configuration server specified in the configuration server network address, receiving subscriber configuration data from the configuration server; and initializing the CPE unit with the received subscriber configuration data to establish service between the CPE unit and the telecommunications service provider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2005
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Inventors: Piu Ong, Manrique Brenes, Ray Chang, Luan Dang, Andrew Gutman, Yutai Koh, Edward Willis
  • Publication number: 20060047822
    Abstract: A system and method for optimizing publication operating states includes sending a first publication message to provide an operating state of a mobile unit. The operating state of the mobile unit is stored in a data session slot associated with the mobile unit. A second publication message is sent to update the operating state of the mobile unit. An entity tag value is derived from identifiers in accounting information of the second publication message to identify data in the data session slot associated with the mobile unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Publication date: March 2, 2006
    Inventor: Edward Willis
  • Publication number: 20060026281
    Abstract: A system and a method (100, 500) for integrating an uncertified client (104) with a certified host device (102) are provided. The integration system (100) is configured to integrate the uncertified client (104), which has a plurality of client applications (106), with the certified host device (102), and has a client virtual machine (108), host applications (142), and an abstraction layer (138, 156). The client virtual machine (108) is coupled to the uncertified client (104) and is configured to execute the plurality of client applications (106). The host applications (142) are coupled to the certified host device (102) and are configured to control host dependent features on the certified host device (102). The abstraction layer (138, 156) are coupled to the host applications (142) and to the client virtual machine (108), and are configured to translate feature calls from the plurality of client applications (106) to function calls for the host applications (142).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2005
    Publication date: February 2, 2006
    Inventors: John Hodgson, Matthew Bells, Thomas Plestid, Edward Willis, Sean Wilson, David Yach
  • Publication number: 20050279886
    Abstract: An aircraft cockpit reinforced, stationary dividing wall system that completely separates the Pilots cockpit flight deck from the passengers compartment. Additionally, this stationary dividing wall shall be an engineered unit consisting of Titanium studding, thick Titanium plates, attached on each side with an outer thick layer of Kevlar and a material called spectra. This stationary dividing wall shall be designed to maintain complete separation of the passengers from the aircraft navigation personnel. The lightweight, solid, bulletproof, stationary interior enclosing wall system, wherein with relatively few components, most of which can be formed from titanium sheet stock. A wide variety of interior full height walls can be constructed, thus avoiding the necessity of the manufacture and inventory of a large number of parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2004
    Publication date: December 22, 2005
    Inventor: Edward Willis
  • Publication number: 20050166200
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for dynamically managing non-volatile memory items in a wireless device, the method comprising the steps of: checking the non-volatile memory items for a unique identifier item; if the unique identifier item exists, comparing an identifier stored within the unique identifier item with a software identifier located in software on the wireless device; and if the unique identifier item does not exist or if the identifier is different from the software identifier, performing the steps of: updating the non-volatile memory items; and writing the software identifier to the unique identifier item. The method may further include a rollback scheme for previous software versions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2004
    Publication date: July 28, 2005
    Inventor: Edward Willis
  • Publication number: 20050166199
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of dynamically managing non-volatile memory items on a wireless device through a network, the method comprising the steps of: when connecting to said network, checking for a unique identifier item stored in said non-volatile memory items; if said unique identifier item exists, checking whether a value stored in said unique identifier is the same as a software identifier located in software on said wireless device; if said unique identifier item does not exist or said value is different from said software identifier, sending said software identifier along with an identifier indicating a carrier to said network along with an identifier indicating a carrier; receiving from said network a set of changes related to said software identifier; executing said set of changes to update said non-volatile memory items; and writing said software identifier to said unique identifier item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2004
    Publication date: July 28, 2005
    Inventor: Edward Willis