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David M. Williams
David M. Williams, Pavilion, NY US
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| 20110085919 | Alarm System for a Sump Pump Assembly - An alarm system is provided for generating an alert when a water-powered sump pump is activated and water is being used by the water-powered sump pump. The alarm system includes a water sensor for detecting if water within a sump reaches the sensor and a housing for containing sensor electronics, wherein the water sensor is supported by the housing. In addition, a clamp is attached to the housing for releasably attaching the housing to a pipe such that the alarm system may be positioned to alert a user when water-powered sump pump is activated. | 04-14-2011 |
David M. Williams, Juneau, AK US
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| 20100211401 | Transportation System - A transportation system includes a main server, a plurality of driver communication units remote from the main server, and a plurality of request communication units remote from the main server. Each driver unit includes a GPS receiver and each driver and request unit include a connection to the server. The main server includes instructions to cause a security screening to be conducted in response to a membership request and then to accept the requests. The server or respective driver communication unit includes instructions to map a destination route and display the mapped destination route on the respective driver communication unit output upon entry of a destination by a member driver. Further instructions on the main server match at least one the transportation request with the mapped destination route. | 08-19-2010 |
David M. Williams, Saint Joseph, MI US
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| 20100169230 | METHOD OF DETERMINING APPLIANCE PARTS STATUS - A method identifies whether a component in an appliance is original with the manufacture of the appliance or replaced after manufacture of the appliance. The component will have one or more indicators. The method includes setting the indicator of each component when the components are made to indicate that the components are replacements, and setting the indicator of each component installed in the appliance when the appliance is made to indicate that the component is original. Thus, any component installed in the appliance after the appliance is made will have an indicator indicating it as a replacement. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100169290 | EMBEDDED IDENTIFIERS FOR AN APPLIANCE COMPOMENT - An appliance has at least one component and is further enabled to communicate information about the component. The component has embedded identifiers that identify at least two different sources of information related to the component. Thus, a client of the appliance can receive the identifiers in the communicated information and use the identifiers to automatically ascertain information from the sources about the component. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100169420 | COMMUNICATION OF SERVICE INFORMATION BY APPLIANCE COMPONENTS - An appliance has at least two components and an internal communications network. A first component is in communication with the network and the second component is not. But the first component is configured to communicate service information related to the second component over the internal communications network. The service information will include one or more identifiers | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100169712 | METHOD OF DIAGNOSING AN APPLIANCE FAULT - A method is provided to diagnose a fault in an appliance configured to perform a cycle of operation on an article. The appliance must also be configured to communicate by electronic message. The method includes providing a fault tree having a plurality of entry points associated with fault symptoms where the fault tree includes an ordered collection of steps. The method continues with communicating with the appliance by electronic message to obtain information about components associated with the appliance, ascertaining an entry point the fault tree from the plurality in based on the information, and performing the ordered collection of steps in the fault tree starting at the ascertained entry point. Using this method results in expediting the diagnosis of the appliance. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100169713 | METHOD OF CUSTOMIZING A FAULT TREE FOR AN APPLIANCE - A method is provided of customizing a fault tree for diagnosing a fault in an appliance configured to perform a cycle of operation on an article. The appliance must also be configured to communicate by electronic message. The method includes providing a plurality of fault trees associated with appliances and appliance components, where the fault trees include an ordered collection of steps. The method continues with communicating with an appliance by electronic message to obtain information about components associated with the appliance, selecting a subset of the plurality of fault trees based on the information, and dynamically aggregating the subset to create a customized fault tree comprising an ordered collection of steps. | 07-01-2010 |
David M. Williams, Saint Jospeh, MI US
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| 20100169419 | MESSAGE ARCHITECTURE FOR AN APPLIANCE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - A message architecture is provided for use in a communications network for an appliance having at least one component and further enabled to communicate information about the at least one component. The message architecture includes first and second identifiers where the first identifier identifies the form of the second identifier and the second identifier identifies at least one component in the appliance. | 07-01-2010 |
David M. Williams, Ann Arbor, MI US
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| 20110118769 | AORTIC DISSECTION SEPTAL CUTTING TOOL - The present invention relates to medical cutting tools for treating aortic septal dissections. The cutting tool is provided with a delivery catheter and has a remotely actuated cutting blade or cutting wire component. The cutting tool is provided with at least one displacement element. The displacement element assists in placement of the cutting tool at a desired location. The displacement element also assists in maintaining contact between the cutting blade and tissue being cut. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110144672 | METHOD OF USING AN AORTIC DISSECTION SEPTAL CUTTING TOOL - The present invention relates to methods of using medical cutting tools for treating aortic septal dissections. | 06-16-2011 |
David M. Williams, San Francisco, CA US
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| 20110231867 | SYSTEM AND METHODOLOGY FOR DISTRIBUTED DELIVERY OF ONLINE CONTENT IN RESPONSE TO CLIENT SELECTIONS FROM AN ONLINE CATALOG - A system and methodology for distributed delivery of online content in response to client selections from an online catalog is described. In one embodiment, for example, a system of the present invention is described for receiving and playing movies, the system comprises: a personal computer with Internet connectivity and having a browser for selecting movies from an online catalog; a set-top box with Internet connectivity, the set-top box having a hard disk for storing encrypted copies of the selected movies that the set-top box receives in response to user selections from the online catalog; and a television device, connected to the set-top box, for playing back decrypted copies of the selected movies that have been purchased for playback. | 09-22-2011 |