Patents by Inventor William R. Westwood

William R. Westwood 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).

  • Dynamically Responsive Smoking Apparatus and Method of Affixing Electronics Thereon
    Publication number: 20180249758
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising an input sensor and an output response configured to dynamically respond to readings from the input sensor, as well as methods of affixing electronics comprising an input sensor to an apparatus, wherein an apparatus may comprise a smoking device, an input sensor may comprise a temperature sensor, and an output response may comprise a lighting effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2017
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Applicant: SMB Labs, LLC
    Inventors: Moses Derkalousdian, Sergio Estrada, William R. Westwood
  • System and method for changing a ring tone
    Patent number: 7542786
    Abstract: A wireless communication system, a wireless handset, and a method for remotely changing a ring tone on the wireless handset are described. The wireless communication system comprises antennas, a network system and a set of programming instructions. The network system processes a request to change the first ring tone to a second ring tone. The request is made from the remote electronic device that is accessed by a validated user. The set of programming instructions are communicated from the network system to the wireless handset via the antennas. The wireless handset with the first ring tone comprises a handset memory, a handset antenna, a processor, and a handset speaker is also described. The processor is configured to process the set of programming instructions communicated by the validated user that changes the first ring tone to the second ring tone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: Kyocera Wireless Corp.
    Inventors: William R. Westwood, Sidney Sitachitt
  • System and method for changing a ring tone
    Publication number: 20080009327
    Abstract: A wireless communication system, a wireless handset, and a method for remotely changing a ring tone on the wireless handset are described. The wireless communication system comprises antennas, a network system and a set of programming instructions. The network system processes a request to change the first ring tone to a second ring tone. The request is made from the remote electronic device that is accessed by a validated user. The set of programming instructions are communicated from the network system to the wireless handset via the antennas. The wireless handset with the first ring tone comprises a handset memory, a handset antenna, a processor, and a handset speaker is also described. The processor is configured to process the set of programming instructions communicated by the validated user that changes the first ring tone to the second ring tone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2006
    Publication date: January 10, 2008
    Inventors: William R. Westwood, Sidney Sitachitt