Patents by Inventor Phillip A. Molloy

Phillip A. Molloy 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).

  • System for product demonstration
    Patent number: 8688530
    Abstract: An appliance having a smart device in communication with multiple components of the appliance and a user interface of the appliance, the smart device having an updatable demonstration software that takes over control of the multiple components from the controller when executing the demonstration software to implement a demonstration of the appliance by controlling the actuation of the components and display related multimedia information on the multimedia user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew P. Ebrom, Mark E. Glotzbach, Layne E. Heilman, Richard A. McCoy, Phillip A. Molloy
  • Method for product demonstration
    Patent number: 8676656
    Abstract: A method of demonstrating a household appliance by executing a demonstration software to cause demonstration of at least one component of the appliance and to display related information on a user interface of the appliance by a multimedia program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew P. Ebrom, Mark E. Glotzbach, Richard A. McCoy, Phillip A. Molloy
  • Method of product demonstration
    Patent number: 8571942
    Abstract: A method of demonstrating an appliance by customizing a multimedia presentation in real time based on the consumer information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew P. Ebrom, Mark E. Glotzbach, Layne E. Heilman, Richard A. McCoy, Phillip A. Molloy
  • Method of demonstrating a household appliance
    Patent number: 7742951
    Abstract: A method of enabling adaptable demonstrations of a household appliance comprising providing consumer-specific updates to a demonstration software at a location remote from an appliance and downloading the consumer-specific updates to the appliance over an information network in response to a determined characteristic of the consumer or enabling a video conference over multimedia interface during the demonstration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew P. Ebrom, Wallace J. Elston, III, Mark E. Glotzbach, Anthony E. Jenkins, Richard A. McCoy, Phillip A. Molloy
  • Method of Providing Product Demonstrations
    Publication number: 20080109311
    Abstract: A method of enabling adaptable demonstrations of a household appliance comprising providing consumer-specific updates to a demonstration software at a location remote from an appliance and downloading the consumer-specific updates to the appliance over an information network in response to a determined characteristic of the consumer or enabling a video conference over multimedia interface during the demonstration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matthew Ebrom, Wallace Elston, Mark Glotzbach, Anthony Jenkins, Richard McCoy, Phillip Molloy
  • Product Demonstration Systems
    Publication number: 20080109312
    Abstract: An appliance having a smart device in communication with multiple components of the appliance and a user interface of the appliance, the smart device having an updatable demonstration software that takes over control of the multiple components from the controller when executing the demonstration software to implement a demonstration of the appliance by controlling the actuation of the components and display related multimedia information on the multimedia user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Applicant: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew Ebrom, Mark Glotzbach, Layne Heilman, Richard McCoy, Phillip Molloy
  • Product Demonstration System and Method
    Publication number: 20080109310
    Abstract: A method of demonstrating a household appliance by executing a demonstration software to cause demonstration of at least one component of the appliance and to display related information on a user interface of the appliance by a multimedia program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matthew Ebrom, Mark Glotzbach, Richard McCoy, Phillip Molloy
  • Product Demonstration System and Method
    Publication number: 20080109243
    Abstract: A method of demonstrating an appliance by customizing a multimedia presentation in real time based on the consumer information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Applicant: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew Ebrom, Mark Glotzbach, Layne Heilman, Richard McCoy, Phillip Molloy