Patents by Inventor William C. Ferrell

William C. Ferrell 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).

  • SPEED CONTROL ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20240081181
    Abstract: A mower including a handle assembly and a grip coupled to the handle assembly. The handle assembly includes a cross member. The grip is moveable longitudinally relative to the cross member. The mower also includes a sensor operable to generate an output signal based on a position of the grip relative to the cross member, and a drive assembly configured to operate based on the output signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: TECHTRONIC OUTDOOR PRODUCTS TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: James C. Ferrell, William E. Colber, Dayu Feng
  • Group conversation between a plurality of participants
    Patent number: 8984422
    Abstract: A system and method for presenting a group conversation on an electronic device of a user, via displaying, on a graphical user interface of the device, a group of contacts with which the user can communicate, the group of contacts comprising one or more individual contacts and one or more social circles which define a preset collection of contacts associated with one another. User input is received via the graphical user interface, the user input specifying a selection of participants from the group of contacts for a group conversation. The group conversation provides for sharing communication messages among the participants. A conversation window is presented on the graphical user interface. The conversation window displays a collection of contact icons with each contact icon respectively corresponding to one of the selected participants of the group conversation, and a conversation thread with the shared communication messages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin David Eidelson, Gregory Matthew Marra, Jason B. Prado, Fred Peter Gilbert, Ye-Jeong Kim, Punit Singh Soni, Aaron David Kemp, Sharvil Nanavati, Jonathan Gordon Sharkey, Anish Acharya, Sean Yaoxing Liu, William C. Ferrell
  • GROUP CONVERSATION BETWEEN A PLURALITY OF PARTICIPANTS
    Publication number: 20120331405
    Abstract: A system and method for presenting a group conversation on an electronic device of a user, via displaying, on a graphical user interface of the device, a group of contacts with which the user can communicate, the group of contacts comprising one or more individual contacts and one or more social circles which define a preset collection of contacts associated with one another. User input is received via the graphical user interface, the user input specifying a selection of participants from the group of contacts for a group conversation. The group conversation provides for sharing communication messages among the participants. A conversation window is presented on the graphical user interface. The conversation window displays a collection of contact icons with each contact icon respectively corresponding to one of the selected participants of the group conversation, and a conversation thread with the shared communication messages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin David Eidelson, Gregory Matthew Marra, Jason B. Prado, Fred Peter Gilbert, Ye-Jeong Kim, Punit Singh Soni, Aaron David Kemp, Sharvil Nanavati, Jonathan Gordon Sharkey, Anish Acharya, Sean Yaoxing Liu, William C. Ferrell