Patents by Inventor Rick Evans

Rick Evans 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: 20240121806
    Abstract: Systems and methods for assigning voice communication channels used by a crew of employees using communication devices are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: electronically store information, wherein the information represents associations of individual voice communication channels with one or more communication groups; receive user input that identifies employees, automatically determine sets of communication channel assignments per communication device, between communication channels and subsets of communication groups; configure communication devices according to the determined assignments; and facilitate packet-based communication, using the communication channels, between the communication devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: David O'Gwynn, Rick Evan Schwartz
  • Patent number: 11895675
    Abstract: Systems and methods for assigning voice communication channels used by a crew of employees using communication devices are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: electronically store information, wherein the information represents associations of individual voice communication channels with one or more communication groups; receive user input that identifies employees, automatically determine sets of communication channel assignments per communication device, between communication channels and subsets of communication groups; configure communication devices according to the determined assignments; and facilitate packet-based communication, using the communication channels, between the communication devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: H.M. Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: David O'Gwynn, Rick Evan Schwartz
  • Publication number: 20240018832
    Abstract: A hoisting system including a hoisting apparatus and a connector. The connector including a first part and a second part, one of which is suspended from the hoisting apparatus and the other secured to the load. Each of the first and second parts includes corresponding curved surface that enclose a cylindrical volume. The curved surface of the second part being coaxial but spaced from one another, wherein one of the first part or the second part is provided with a plurality of pins which are spaced around a circumference of and extend radially from the curved surface of the one of the first part or the second part. The curved surface of the other one of the first part or the second part is provided with an indexing channel and a plurality of entry channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: Engineered Custom Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Chau NGUYEN, David Hill SWASEY, Rick Evan BASKIN, Chris LICATOVICH, Christian LEUCHTENBERG
  • Publication number: 20230396967
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing voice communication channels used by a group of people are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: electronically store information, wherein the information represents associations of individual voice communication channels with one or more communication groups, wherein individual ones of the one or more communication groups are specific to one or more roles of the people; receive device-specific packets from end-user communication devices associated with people, wherein the packets include packetized uplink information based on audio information captured by the communication devices, wherein individual packets are targeted to individual communication groups; generate and transmit downlink packets that include packetized downlink information that is organized in a set of broadcast channels for audio information that was targeted to specific communication groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: David O'Gwynn, Rick Evan Schwartz
  • Publication number: 20230362304
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing headset/ear bud voice control to crew members in a quick-service restaurant are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: transmit transmission signals from a headset to the base station, receive reception signals by the headset from the base station; capture audio information from a first crew member, generate sound based on the received reception signals, generate the transmission signals to form a headset-specific uplink packet based on the captured audio information; generate semantic information based on the headset-specific uplink packet, wherein the semantic information includes one or more individual words; determine one or more commands that modify operation of the communication system, based on the semantic information, and facilitate execution of the one or more commands to control and/or modify the operation of the communication system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: David O'Gwynn, Rick Evan Schwartz
  • Patent number: 11736911
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing voice communication channels used by a group of people are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: electronically store information, wherein the information represents associations of individual voice communication channels with one or more communication groups, wherein individual ones of the one or more communication groups are specific to one or more roles of the people; receive device-specific packets from end-user communication devices associated with people, wherein the packets include packetized uplink information based on audio information captured by the communication devices, wherein individual packets are targeted to individual communication groups; generate and transmit downlink packets that include packetized downlink information that is organized in a set of broadcast channels for audio information that was targeted to specific communication groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: H.M. Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: David O'Gwynn, Rick Evan Schwartz
  • Patent number: 11706348
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing headset/ear bud voice control to crew members in a quick-service restaurant are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: transmit transmission signals from a headset to the base station, receive reception signals by the headset from the base station; capture audio information from a first crew member, generate sound based on the received reception signals, generate the transmission signals to form a headset-specific uplink packet based on the captured audio information; generate semantic information based on the headset-specific uplink packet, wherein the semantic information includes one or more individual words; determine one or more commands that modify operation of the communication system, based on the semantic information, and facilitate execution of the one or more commands to control and/or modify the operation of the communication system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: H.M. Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: David O'Gwynn, Rick Evan Schwartz
  • Publication number: 20230209574
    Abstract: Systems and methods for assigning voice communication channels used by a crew of employees using communication devices are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: electronically store information, wherein the information represents associations of individual voice communication channels with one or more communication groups; receive user input that identifies employees, automatically determine sets of communication channel assignments per communication device, between communication channels and subsets of communication groups; configure communication devices according to the determined assignments; and facilitate packet-based communication, using the communication channels, between the communication devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: David O'Gwynn, Rick Evan Schwartz
  • Patent number: 11665713
    Abstract: Systems and methods for assigning voice communication channels used by a crew of employees using communication devices are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: electronically store information, wherein the information represents associations of individual voice communication channels with one or more communication groups; receive user input that identifies employees, automatically determine sets of communication channel assignments per communication device, between communication channels and subsets of communication groups; configure communication devices according to the determined assignments; and facilitate packet-based communication, using the communication channels, between the communication devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: H.M. Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: David O'Gwynn, Rick Evan Schwartz
  • Publication number: 20220361145
    Abstract: Systems and methods for assigning voice communication channels used by a crew of employees using communication devices are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: electronically store information, wherein the information represents associations of individual voice communication channels with one or more communication groups; receive user input that identifies employees, automatically determine sets of communication channel assignments per communication device, between communication channels and subsets of communication groups; configure communication devices according to the determined assignments; and facilitate packet-based communication, using the communication channels, between the communication devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: David O'Gwynn, Rick Evan Schwartz
  • Publication number: 20220303392
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing headset/ear bud voice control to crew members in a quick-service restaurant are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: transmit transmission signals from a headset to the base station, receive reception signals by the headset from the base station; capture audio information from a first crew member, generate sound based on the received reception signals, generate the transmission signals to form a headset-specific uplink packet based on the captured audio information; generate semantic information based on the headset-specific uplink packet, wherein the semantic information includes one or more individual words; determine one or more commands that modify operation of the communication system, based on the semantic information, and facilitate execution of the one or more commands to control and/or modify the operation of the communication system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: David O'Gwynn, Rick Evan Schwartz
  • Patent number: 11452073
    Abstract: Systems and methods for assigning voice communication channels used by a crew of employees using communication devices are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: electronically store information, wherein the information represents associations of individual voice communication channels with one or more communication groups; receive user input that identifies employees, automatically determine sets of communication channel assignments per communication device, between communication channels and subsets of communication groups; configure communication devices according to the determined assignments; and facilitate packet-based communication, using the communication channels, between the communication devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: H.M. Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: David O'Gwynn, Rick Evan Schwartz
  • Publication number: 20220240057
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing voice communication channels used by a group of people are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: electronically store information, wherein the information represents associations of individual voice communication channels with one or more communication groups, wherein individual ones of the one or more communication groups are specific to one or more roles of the people; receive device-specific packets from end-user communication devices associated with people, wherein the packets include packetized uplink information based on audio information captured by the communication devices, wherein individual packets are targeted to individual communication groups; generate and transmit downlink packets that include packetized downlink information that is organized in a set of broadcast channels for audio information that was targeted to specific communication groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: David O'Gwynn, Rick Evan Schwartz
  • Publication number: 20220196663
    Abstract: Methods and related reagents are disclosed for diagnosing cancer, prognosing cancer occurrence or recurrence, and/or monitoring cancer therapy, involving contacting a bodily fluid sample from a subject at risk of having cancer or cancer recurrence, or from a subject that has been treated for cancer wl fit (a) one or more first antibody detection marker molecules that hind to human autoantibodies against at least one tumor associated antigen (TAA); and (fa) one or more second antibody detection marker molecules that bind to human autoantibodies against at least one extractable nuclear antigen (ENA).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Kristi EGLAND, Rick EVANS, Eagappanath THIRUPPATHI, David URE, Matt KOSTURA, Etienne Z. GNIMPIEBA
  • Patent number: 11356561
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing headset/ear bud voice control to crew members in a quick-service restaurant are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: transmit transmission signals from a headset to the base station, receive reception signals by the headset from the base station; capture audio information from a first crew member, generate sound based on the received reception signals, generate the transmission signals to form a headset-specific uplink packet based on the captured audio information; generate semantic information based on the headset-specific uplink packet, wherein the semantic information includes one or more individual words; determine one or more commands that modify operation of the communication system, based on the semantic information, and facilitate execution of the one or more commands to control and/or modify the operation of the communication system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: H.M. Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: David O'Gwynn, Rick Evan Schwartz
  • Patent number: 11310634
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing voice communication channels used by a group of people are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: electronically store information, wherein the information represents associations of individual voice communication channels with one or more communication groups, wherein individual ones of the one or more communication groups are specific to one or more roles of the people; receive device-specific packets from end-user communication devices associated with people, wherein the packets include packetized uplink information based on audio information captured by the communication devices, wherein individual packets are targeted to individual communication groups; generate and transmit downlink packets that include packetized downlink information that is organized in a set of broadcast channels for audio information that was targeted to specific communication groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: H.M. Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: David O'Gwynn, Rick Evan Schwartz
  • Publication number: 20220094795
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing headset/ear bud voice control to crew members in a quick-service restaurant are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: transmit transmission signals from a headset to the base station, receive reception signals by the headset from the base station; capture audio information from a first crew member, generate sound based on the received reception signals, generate the transmission signals to form a headset-specific uplink packet based on the captured audio information; generate semantic information based on the headset-specific uplink packet, wherein the semantic information includes one or more individual words; determine one or more commands that modify operation of the communication system, based on the semantic information, and facilitate execution of the one or more commands to control and/or modify the operation of the communication system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: David O'Gwynn, Rick Evan Schwartz
  • Publication number: 20220053453
    Abstract: Systems and methods for assigning voice communication channels used by a crew of employees using communication devices are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: electronically store information, wherein the information represents associations of individual voice communication channels with one or more communication groups; receive user input that identifies employees, automatically determine sets of communication channel assignments per communication device, between communication channels and subsets of communication groups; configure communication devices according to the determined assignments; and facilitate packet-based communication, using the communication channels, between the communication devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: David O'Gwynn, Rick Evan Schwartz
  • Publication number: 20210392471
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing voice communication channels used by a group of people are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: electronically store information, wherein the information represents associations of individual voice communication channels with one or more communication groups, wherein individual ones of the one or more communication groups are specific to one or more roles of the people; receive device-specific packets from end-user communication devices associated with people, wherein the packets include packetized uplink information based on audio information captured by the communication devices, wherein individual packets are targeted to individual communication groups; generate and transmit downlink packets that include packetized downlink information that is organized in a set of broadcast channels for audio information that was targeted to specific communication groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: David O'Gwynn, Rick Evan Schwartz
  • Patent number: 10993088
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing voice communication channels used by a crew of employees in a quick-service restaurant are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: electronically store information, wherein the information represents associations of individual voice communication channels with one or more communication groups, wherein individual ones of the one or more communication groups are specific to one or more roles of employees in the quick-service restaurant; receive device-specific packets from end-user communication devices associated with crew members, wherein the packets include packetized uplink information based on audio information captured by the communication devices, wherein individual packets are targeted to individual communication groups; generate and transmit downlink packets that include packetized downlink information that is organized in a set of broadcast channels for audio information that was targeted to specific communication groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: H.M. Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: David O'Gwynn, Rick Evan Schwartz