Patents by Inventor Paul HINES

Paul HINES 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: 20240415739
    Abstract: A medication dispensing system is provided with several cooperating components which help to accommodate the responsible handling of medications. These systems include a user interface to receive input from the user and to present appropriate information/notices/alarms. Further, physical controls and multiple sensors are provided to detect tampering, misuse, and attempts to inappropriately access medications contained within the dispensing system. This misuse can thus be detected, and appropriate notifications can be provided, where appropriate. Further, by adding network communications capabilities, notices can be widely communicated to others, and operation of the medication dispensing system can be controlled and/or monitored remotely.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: Dose Health LLC
    Inventor: Paul HINES
  • Publication number: 20240192046
    Abstract: A weighing system and method for refillable containers. A control system includes one or more processors and at least one memory configured to store user data associated with a user, the user data includes biometric data indicative of a biometric identifier of the user and container data indicative of an empty container weight. The control system is configured to: receive a request to weigh a product in a container; receive captured data indicative of the biometric identifier from a biometric capture device; output a control signal to control a scale to weigh the product in the container; receive, from the scale, weight data indicative of the weight measured by the scale; identify the container data associated with the user by comparing the captured data to the biometric data stored in the memory; and determine a corrected weight of the product in dependence on the weight data and the container data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Kevin CARTWRIGHT, Paul HINES
  • Publication number: 20210378917
    Abstract: A medication dispensing system is provided with several cooperating components which help to accommodate the responsible handling of medications. These systems include a user interface to receive input from the user and to present appropriate information/notices/alarms. Further, physical controls and multiple sensors are provided to detect tampering, misuse, and attempts to inappropriately access medications contained within the dispensing system. This misuse can thus be detected, and appropriate notifications can be provided, where appropriate. Further, by adding network communications capabilities, notices can be widely communicated to others, and operation of the medication dispensing system can be controlled and/or monitored remotely.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: Dose Health, LLC
    Inventor: Paul HINES
  • Publication number: 20200261319
    Abstract: A medication dispensing system is provided with several cooperating components which help to accommodate the responsible handling of medications. These systems include a user interface to receive input from the user and to present appropriate information/notices/alarms. Further, physical controls and multiple sensors are provided to detect tampering, misuse, and attempts to inappropriately access medications contained within the dispensing system. This misuse can thus be detected, and appropriate notifications can be provided, where appropriate. Further, by adding network communications capabilities, notices can be widely communicated to others, and operation of the medication dispensing system can be controlled and/or monitored remotely.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: Dose Health, LLC
    Inventor: Paul HINES
  • Publication number: 20150380936
    Abstract: Systems and methods for distributing electric energy in discrete power packets of finite duration are presented. Systems may include an aggregator for providing power packets to one or more nodes. An aggregator may receive requests for power packets from nodes. In other embodiments, an aggregator may transmit status broadcasts and nodes may receive power packets based on the status broadcasts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Jeff FROLIK, Paul HINES