Patents by Inventor Joseph S. Hurst

Joseph S. Hurst 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: 9723061
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for a transport protocol independent communications library. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a communication request from a client device and processed according to a selected transport protocol, generating a response to the communication request, the response including data responsive to the communication request and one or more feature values specifying one or more communication features for the communication request, each communication feature being independent of the selected transport protocol, and providing the response to the communication request according to the selected transport protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: David Black, Amay Nitin Champaneria, Benjamin J. McMahan, Douglas V. Simpkinson, Joseph S. Hurst, Kyle Scholz, Andrew J. Martone, Jason L. Roberts
  • Patent number: 8812733
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for a transport protocol independent communications library. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a communication request from a client device and processed according to a selected transport protocol, generating a response to the communication request, the response including data responsive to the communication request and one or more feature values specifying one or more communication features for the communication request, each communication feature being independent of the selected transport protocol, and providing the response to the communication request according to the selected transport protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: David Black, Amay Nitin Champaneria, Benjamin J. McMahan, Douglas V. Simpkinson, Joseph S. Hurst, Kyle Scholz, Andrew J. Martone, Jason L. Roberts
  • Patent number: 4884688
    Abstract: A tooth brush case is provided having a separable handle and liquid reservoir, the handle portion of the tooth brush being securely engaged in the handle of the case and the bristle portion of the tooth brush being received into the liquid reservoir when the device is closed. The reservoir is free-standing and includes a filler opening adapted to fit a mouth of a commercially available sterilizing or mouth wash solution. An abbreviated handle portion is provided in a second embodiment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1988
    Date of Patent: December 5, 1989
    Inventor: Joseph S. Hurst