Water preparation system
    2.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11540661B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-03

    申请号:US16509349

    申请日:2019-07-11

    申请人: Wendell D. Brown

    发明人: Wendell D. Brown

    IPC分类号: A47J31/40 A47J31/41 A47J31/60

    摘要: A system, apparatus and method are provided for preparing water for human consumption. Water from a public or other source is input to the system or apparatus and is filtered internal or external to the system/apparatus. A temperature adjustment may be applied, such as cooling or heating the water to a specific or approximate temperature. One or more water enhancements may be added to the water, in specified amounts or proportions. Enhancements potentially include flavoring agents, sweeteners, vitamins, nutrients, minerals, carbonation, and so on. A given combination of enhancements and corresponding amounts, and possibly other characteristics (e.g., the temperature, a quantity of water to prepare), may be saved as a recipe. The system, apparatus and method operate in association with an application or online service for creating, sharing, and preparing recipes.

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INSURANCE AND CALCULATION OF PREMIUMS FOR FIREARMS AND RELATED EQUIPMENT

    公开(公告)号:US20210374869A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-02

    申请号:US17121539

    申请日:2020-12-14

    申请人: Wendell D. Brown

    发明人: Wendell D. Brown

    IPC分类号: G06Q40/08

    摘要: A method of calculating an insurance premium for a firearm and related equipment purchased by a buyer includes receiving information of the buyer by a computer, and collecting data from one or more databases about the buyer by the computer in response to the received information. The method calculates the insurance premium based on a type of the firearm purchased and related equipment and the collected data.

    Refuelable electrochemical battery

    公开(公告)号:US10826143B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-11-03

    申请号:US16365020

    申请日:2019-03-26

    申请人: Wendell D. Brown

    发明人: Wendell D. Brown

    摘要: A refuelable electrochemical battery is provided that features three phases of operation that repeat cyclically. In an intake phase a mixture of electrochemically active particles or pellets (e.g., aluminum pellets) and a suitable electrolyte (e.g., sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide) are fed into a cavity or chamber. In a power phase the resulting electrochemical reaction produces electrical energy. The particles are mechanically combined or collected to form one electrode, while a gas-diffusion membrane permeable by oxygen is another electrode. During the exhaust phase, a piston forces the residue of the reaction from the cavity in order to prepare for the next cycle of operation.

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTENT PRESENTATION IN ASSOCIATION WITH A TELEPHONE CALL

    公开(公告)号:US20200045512A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-06

    申请号:US16597052

    申请日:2019-10-09

    申请人: Wendell D. Brown

    发明人: Wendell D. Brown

    摘要: A method and apparatus are provided for presenting multimedia content to a caller and/or a called party in association with a telephone call. Content may be presented pre-ring (before the called party's telephone rings), in-call, and/or post-call. Content presented to a party may be related to another party participating in the call or may be related to a third party (e.g., an advertiser that paid for the ability to have its content presented). Presented content may be actuable, to allow a caller to change the destination of a call, take advantage of an offer presented to him or her, redeem a coupon, schedule or queue a subsequent call, etc. To find a desired destination party, a caller may initiate a manual or automatic search of his or her local contacts (on his telephone) and/or a central or global directory or contact list.

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OUTSOURCING COMPUTER-BASED TASKS

    公开(公告)号:US20190272488A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-05

    申请号:US16419366

    申请日:2019-05-22

    申请人: Wendell D. Brown

    发明人: Wendell D. BROWN

    IPC分类号: G06Q10/06

    摘要: A system and method are provided for outsourcing a computer-based task, such as modifying a document (e.g., text, an image), transcribing audio, performing research, translating from one language to another, etc. Outsourceable tasks are designed by service developers and posted on an exchange. Service providers bid on tasks they are qualified for, to indicate they will perform those tasks if paid the bid. Task buyers browse or navigate through the exchange to find what they need, and select a task based on its description, price and/or other factors (e.g., delivery time, language(s)). The exchange receives a task order (i.e., a purchased task), identifies qualified service providers and routes the task, with any required input, to a qualified provider who can complete the task before a deadline. Upon completion, the provider submits the completed task and any required output (e.g., deliverables) to the exchange, which forwards the output to the buyer.

    REFUELABLE ELECTROCHEMICAL BATTERY
    7.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190221908A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-18

    申请号:US16365020

    申请日:2019-03-26

    申请人: Wendell D. Brown

    发明人: Wendell D. Brown

    摘要: A refuelable electrochemical battery is provided that features three phases of operation that repeat cyclically. In an intake phase a mixture of electrochemically active particles or pellets (e.g., aluminum pellets) and a suitable electrolyte (e.g., sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide) are fed into a cavity or chamber. In a power phase the resulting electrochemical reaction produces electrical energy. The particles are mechanically combined or collected to form one electrode, while a gas-diffusion membrane permeable by oxygen is another electrode. During the exhaust phase, a piston forces the residue of the reaction from the cavity in order to prepare for the next cycle of operation.

    Graphical user interface
    8.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10268363B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-04-23

    申请号:US15387443

    申请日:2016-12-21

    摘要: A graphical user interface is provided for navigating and/or manipulating content simply via touch of a touch-sensitive surface. The content may include discrete content items (e.g., songs, video clips, documents, web pages) and/or actions (e.g., place a call, read a message, play a game), and may or may not be hierarchical in nature. The interface may be presented on a touch-screen display, such that a user may navigate to a content item or action via a single touch on the display (e.g., with a finger or other tool), followed by gliding through any number of levels or clusters of nodes (representing content items, content compilations/categories and/or actions). The desired content item or action may be initiated automatically (e.g., opened, performed) simply by touching it, by lifting the gliding finger or by performing some other input (e.g., tapping a node, speaking a command, touching with a second finger).