Patents by Inventor Aaron Whitlock

Aaron Whitlock 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).

  • Patent number: 9358469
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for an inter-sport fantasy sports challenge. According to one aspect, a set of players is provided to each user, where each player competes in one of a plurality of sports. A roster selected from the set of players is received from each user. Rosters include players selected without regard to a respective sport and a respective position, and can include players from multiple sports. In another aspect, rosters include prescribed numbers of players and positions, and the respective rosters as between at least two users include players from multiple sports. Performance data for each player is received. A player point value for each player is calculated and converted into normalized values using one or more piecewise-defined non-linear functions for each sport. A roster score is calculated by aggregating normalized values for each player on the roster, and users are ranked based on roster scores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: SPORTS TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Christopher J. Nicholas, Michael P. Szahaj, Aaron Whitlock
  • Publication number: 20110215022
    Abstract: A card for packaging tablets includes a tablet-carrying layer having a plurality of close-ended hollow compartments for housing tablets with each of the compartments having an open end located on an underside of the tablet-carrying layer and a sealing layer secured to the underside of the tablet-carrying layer for sealing the open ends of the compartments. The sealing layer has perforations formed therein defining a plurality of separate strips. The perforations enable each of the strips to be separately peeled away from the tablet-carrying layer without peeling away a remainder of the sealing layer. Each of the strips extends directly under a plurality of the compartments such that, when one of the strips is peeled away from the tablet-carrying layer, the contents of multiple compartments can be dispensed at a given time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: ANDERSON PACKAGING, INC.
    Inventors: Ryen Sack, Curtis A. Knutson, Thomas Moyer, Aaron Whitlock