Patents by Inventor Michael Willey

Michael Willey 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: 20080136421
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for detecting and transmitting geophysical data from a plurality of electrodes inserted into the soil utilizing a set of identical dynamically reconfigurable voltage control units located on each electrode and connected together by a communications and power cable. A test sequence is provided in each voltage control unit. Each voltage control unit records data measurements for transmission to a central data collector. Each voltage control unit incorporates and determines its positional relationship to other voltage control units by logging when the unit is attached to the electrode. Each voltage control unit I equipped with a magnetic switch for detecting when they are in contact with the electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2007
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Inventors: John Bryant, H. Michael Willey, Guenter H. Lehmann, Arash Tom Salamat, Michael Edgar, Jerry Leopold
  • Publication number: 20060026629
    Abstract: A method for providing advertising to a video telephone is disclosed, including the steps of monitoring the usage of the video telephone to detect a number of user activities. The detected user activities are stored within a database. The stored user activities within the database are used to generate directed content that is transmitted to the video telephone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2005
    Publication date: February 2, 2006
    Inventors: John Harris, Brad Stacy Shirley, Guenter Hanfried Lehmann, Rene Cardenas, Michael Wilkinson, H. Michael Willey, Jason Lickliter, CC Fichtner