Patents by Inventor Ken Phillips

Ken Phillips 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: 10518945
    Abstract: A closure (40, 240) for a fluent substance-containing system, such as a container, includes a body (54, 254) for receiving the fluent substance from the system, an actuator (60, 260) assembled with the closure body (54, 254) for selectively preventing or permitting flow of the fluent substance through the closure body (54, 254), and a shell (56, 256) that is mounted around at least a portion of the closure body (54, 254). The shell (56, 256) has a top end (156) and a blocking member (176) having an initial configuration and a separated configuration. In the initial configuration, the blocking member (176) is connected to the top end (156) to prevent the actuator (60, 260) from moving into an open, dispensing position. In the separated configuration, the blocking member (176) is at least partially separated from the top end (156) to allow the actuator (60, 260) to move into the open, dispensing position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: APTARGROUP, INC.
    Inventors: Ken Phillips, Curt Prusko, Kay Stanish
  • Publication number: 20190092539
    Abstract: A closure (40, 240) for a fluent substance-containing system, such as a container, includes a body (54, 254) for receiving the fluent substance from the system, an actuator (60, 260) assembled with the closure body (54, 254) for selectively preventing or permitting flow of the fluent substance through the closure body (54, 254), and a shell (56, 256) that is mounted around at least a portion of the closure body (54, 254). The shell (56, 256) has a top end (156) and a blocking member (176) having an initial configuration and a separated configuration. In the initial configuration, the blocking member (176) is connected to the top end (156) to prevent the actuator (60, 260) from moving into an open, dispensing position. In the separated configuration, the blocking member (176) is at least partially separated from the top end (156) to allow the actuator (60, 260) to move into the open, dispensing position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicant: APTARGROUP, INC.
    Inventors: Ken PHILLIPS, Curt PRUSKO, Kay STANISH
  • Publication number: 20160371264
    Abstract: An audiovisual data reproduction device includes a connection to a central server configured to distribute files to the device. Reception functions associated with a respective type of data are provided to the device The device is configured to: select an available storage area of a specified minimum size, open a reception file on the audiovisual data reproduction device in the selected available storage area, receive each packet of a file sent by the server and write each packet sent to the reception file (with each file including information representative of a type of data associated with the file), and for each file received, search for a respective reception function associated with each received file based on the information representative of the type of data associated with the file. Each reception function is configured to process associated received files and update the device according to the data included therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Guy NATHAN, Ken PHILLIPS, Dominique DION, Mounir KHENFIR
  • Patent number: 9451203
    Abstract: An audiovisual data reproduction device includes a connection to a central server configured to distribute files to the device. Reception functions associated with a respective type of data are provided to the device The device is configured to: select an available storage area of a specified minimum size, open a reception file on the audiovisual data reproduction device in the selected available storage area, receive each packet of a file sent by the server and write each packet sent to the reception file (with each file including information representative of a type of data associated with the file), and for each file received, search for a respective reception function associated with each received file based on the information representative of the type of data associated with the file. Each reception function is configured to process associated received files and update the device according to the data included therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: TouchTunes Music Corporation
    Inventors: Guy Nathan, Ken Phillips, Dominique Dion, Mounir Khenfir
  • Publication number: 20130236164
    Abstract: An audiovisual data reproduction device includes a connection to a central server configured to distribute files to the device. Reception functions associated with a respective type of data are provided to the device The device is configured to: select an available storage area of a specified minimum size, open a reception file on the audiovisual data reproduction device in the selected available storage area, receive each packet of a file sent by the server and write each packet sent to the reception file (with each file including information representative of a type of data associated with the file), and for each file received, search for a respective reception function associated with each received file based on the information representative of the type of data associated with the file. Each reception function is configured to process associated received files and update the device according to the data included therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: TouchTunes Music Corporation
    Inventors: Guy NATHAN, Ken PHILLIPS, Dominique DION, Mounir KHENFIR
  • Patent number: 8495109
    Abstract: An audiovisual data reproduction device includes a connection to a central server configured to distribute files to the device. Reception functions associated with a respective type of data are provided to the device The device is configured to: select an available storage area of a specified minimum size, open a reception file on the audiovisual data reproduction device in the selected available storage area, receive each packet of a file sent by the server and write each packet sent to the reception file (with each file including information representative of a type of data associated with the file), and for each file received, search for a respective reception function associated with each received file based on the information representative of the type of data associated with the file. Each reception function is configured to process associated received files and update the device according to the data included therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Touch Tunes Music Corporation
    Inventors: Guy Nathan, Ken Phillips, Dominique Dion, Mounir Khenfir
  • Publication number: 20110246517
    Abstract: Process for receiving files sent by a central server to an audiovisual data reproduction system, managed by an operating system and linked to the server, by means of a data transfer link, wherein the process includes: initializing a link between the central server and an audiovisual data reproduction system, storing files sent by the central server on storage of the audiovisual data reproduction system, each file including specified information representative of the type of data contained in the file, searching, for each file received, a specific reception function, this search being carried out by the specified information representative of the type of data contained in the file, processing each file by the corresponding reception function, the processing including copying of the file received to a specified storage area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: TouchTunes Music Corporation
    Inventors: Guy NATHAN, Ken Phillips, Dominique Dion, Mounir Khenfir
  • Patent number: 7992178
    Abstract: Process for receiving files sent by a central server to an audiovisual data reproduction system, managed by an operating system and linked to the server, by means of a data transfer link, characterised in that the process comprises: a step consisting of initialising a link between the central server and an audiovisual data reproduction system, a step consisting of storing files sent by the central server on storage means of the audiovisual data reproduction system, each file comprising specified information representative of the type of data contained in the file, a step consisting of searching, for each file received, a specific reception function, this search step being carried out by means of the specified information representative of the type of data contained in the file, a step consisting of processing each file by the corresponding reception function, the processing comprising copying of the file received to a specified storage area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: TouchTunes Music Corporation
    Inventors: Guy Nathan, Ken Phillips, Dominique Dion, Mounir Khenfir