Patents by Inventor David H. Annis

David H. Annis 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).

  • Publication number: 20130079907
    Abstract: Aspects of this disclosure relate to systems and methods for rating the performance of an athlete, particularly a golf athlete. The systems and method may include instructing the user to perform multiple golf-relevant athleticism drills or tests such as a stepping exercise, a broad jump, a wood-chop bounce, a countermovement lateral hop and/or a side-sling object launch. One or more drills or tests may be performed in a hip-neutral manner so as to simulate a golfer's stance. The performance data collected from each of these tests may be input into a processing system to generate an athleticism rank and score for each test as well as an overall, multi-factorial rating of golf athleticism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Inventors: KRISTOPHER L HOMSI, DAVID H ANNIS
  • Publication number: 20120130514
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention is directed to an athleticism rating method for normalizing and more accurately comparing overall athletic performance of at least two athletes. Each athlete completes at least two different athletic performance tests. Each test is designed to measure a different athletic skill that is needed to compete effectively in a defined sport. The results from each test for a given athlete are normalized by comparing the test results to a database providing the distribution of test results among a similar class of athletes and then assigning each test result a point number based on that test result's percentile among the distribution of test results. Combining the point numbers derived from the at least two different athletic performance tests for an athlete produces an athleticism rating score representing the overall athleticism of each athlete.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2010
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: Nike International Ltd.
    Inventors: Kristopher L. Homsi, Eric Hakeman, David H. Annis
  • Publication number: 20120130515
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention is directed to an athleticism rating method for normalizing and more accurately comparing overall athletic performance of at least two athletes. Each athlete completes at least two different athletic performance tests. Each test is designed to measure a different athletic skill that is needed to compete effectively in a defined sport. The results from each test for a given athlete are normalized by comparing the test results to a database providing the distribution of test results among a similar class of athletes and then assigning each test result a point number based on that test result's percentile among the distribution of test results. Combining the point numbers derived from the at least two different athletic performance tests for an athlete produces an athleticism rating score representing the overall athleticism of each athlete.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2010
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Inventors: Kristopher L. Homsi, David H. Annis
  • Publication number: 20100129780
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention is directed to an athleticism rating method for normalizing and more accurately comparing overall athletic performance of at least two athletes. Each athlete completes at least two different athletic performance tests. Each test is designed to measure a different athletic skill that is needed to compete effectively in a defined sport. The results from each test for a given athlete are normalized by comparing the test results to a database providing the distribution of test results among a similar class of athletes and then assigning each test result a point number based on that test result's percentile among the distribution of test results. Combining the point numbers derived from the at least two different athletic performance tests for an athlete produces an athleticism rating score representing the overall athleticism of each athlete.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: NIKE, INC.
    Inventors: Kristopher L. Homsi, David H. Annis
  • Patent number: 5191522
    Abstract: An integrated information storage processing and reporting system for processing and supervising a plurality of group insurance accounts was contructed with a single enterprise-wide relational data base. The system provides sales, underwriting, administration and actuarial functions through integrated program-controlled data processing systems specific for each function and communicating with a group insurance account data bank. Each function is accessible through a single integrated workstation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1993
    Assignee: ITT Corporation
    Inventors: James J. Bosco, David H. Annis, Kathleen M. Prouty