Patents by Inventor Francis W. West

Francis W. West 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: 20240091442
    Abstract: Methods, devices and systems are disclosed for inter-app communications between software applications on a mobile communications device. In one aspect, a computer-readable medium on a mobile computing device comprising an inter-application communication data structure to facilitate transitioning and distributing data between software applications in a shared app group for an operating system of the mobile computing device includes a scheme field of the data structure providing a scheme id associated with a target software app to transition to from a source software app, wherein the scheme id is listed on a scheme list stored with the source software app; and a payload field of the data structure providing data and/or an identification where to access data in a shared file system accessible to the software applications in the shared app group, wherein the payload field is encrypted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Gary A. MORRIS, Scott M. BELLIVEAU, Esteban CABRERA, JR., Anna Leigh DAVIS, Rian W. DRAEGER, Laura J. DUNN, Timothy Joseph GOLDSMITH, Hari HAMPAPURAM, Christopher Robert HANNEMANN, Apurv Ullas KAMATH, Katherine Yerre KOEHLER, Patrick Wile MCBRIDE, Michael Robert MENSINGER, Francis William PASCUAL, Philip Mansiel PELLOUCHOUD, Nicholas POLYTARIDIS, Philip Thomas PUPA, Kevin SHOEMAKER, Brian Christopher SMITH, Benjamin Elrod WEST, Atiim Joseph WILEY
  • Patent number: 6223626
    Abstract: A cork removal device for injecting air between a cork and the contents of a bottle to force the cork out of the bottle. The cork removal device includes a base portion and a cap. The base portion has a bottom wall. The bottom wall has a peripheral edge. A peripheral wall is coupled to and extends away from the peripheral edge. The bottom wall has an aperture therethrough. A needle for inserting into a cork has a blunt end and a sharp end. The blunt end of the needle is fixedly mounted to the bottom wall of the base portion and is in communication with the aperture in the bottom wall. The needle extends away from the interior of the base portion. The needle has a lumen. The cap is substantially solid. The cap has a top surface and a bottom surface. An annular slot in the cap receives the peripheral wall. The annular slot extends into the cap from the bottom surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Inventor: Francis W. West