Patents by Inventor Eric Work

Eric Work 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: 12026423
    Abstract: A consumables dispenser can include a housing configured to receive a consumables product to be dispensed, a transceiver mounted on the housing and configured to receive selected multimedia data files from a content management system via a multimedia caching server that is in wireless communication with the content management system, and a display screen coupled to the housing and connected to the transceiver. The display screen can be configured to display the selected multimedia data files to a user of the consumables dispensers. The consumables dispenser can further include a sensor configured to detect presence or absence of the user of the consumables dispensers. Display of the selected multimedia data files on the display screen can be enabled upon detection of the user's presence and disabled upon detection of the user's absence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: American Paper Converting Inc.
    Inventors: Cody Miller, Eric Work
  • Patent number: 11983678
    Abstract: A method of managing cleaning services is disclosed herein. The method can include measuring a quantity of a consumable product remaining in a product dispenser, transmitting the quantity of consumable product remaining in the product dispenser to a remote computing platform, generating a schedule for servicing the product dispenser based at least in part on the quantity of the consumable product remaining in the dispenser, storing the schedule in a memory, and transmitting the schedule to maintenance personnel over a network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: American Paper Converting Inc.
    Inventors: Cody Miller, Eric Work