Patents by Inventor William Charles Thompson

William Charles Thompson 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).

  • RESERVATION SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING REAL-TIME MANAGEMENT OF ROOM RESOURCES
    Publication number: 20200302344
    Abstract: A method and system for automatically joining a conference, in which a user is able to make use of a conference room or other shared resource site to be promptly auto-connected to an upcoming meeting event. The user can provide security credentials to log-into the system, and the system can access the user's calendar and automatically connect the user with their next scheduled meeting from a selected conference room or other shared resource site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Aaron JUST, Brian SMITH, William Charles THOMPSON, Robert Holt DEUPREE, JR., Zorba John MANOLOPOULOS
  • Method and apparatus for centrifuging sludge-containing liquids
    Patent number: 4014498
    Abstract: When a predetermined amount of separated sludge has accumulated in the peripheral part of the centrifuge rotor, a sensing device automatically opens outlets for the discharge of sludge. To provide substantially constant time intervals between consecutive openings of these sludge outlets, the feed rate to the centrifuge is automatically decreased in response to a shortening of these time intervals and automatically increased in response to a lengthening of these time intervals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1976
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1977
    Assignee: Alfa-Laval AB
    Inventors: Edward Broadwell, William Charles Thompson