Patents by Inventor Lawrence L. Ostema

Lawrence L. Ostema 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).

  • Method, apparatus, and manufacture for facilitating a self-organizing workforce
    Patent number: 6952678
    Abstract: A system, method, and apparatus for facilitating a self-organizing workforce of one or more workers through payment and recognition incentives, a set of configurable operating rules, and a set of credentials to represent the reputations and organizational capital of individual workers. The system includes a worksite having one or more configurable worksite rules where the one or more workers may work on an idea. Work includes posting to a discussion about the idea, voting on the idea, and recommending an outcome for the idea. Worker credentials for each worker are updated based on a worker's work on the idea within the worksite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2005
    Assignee: AskMe Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel F. Williams, Lawrence L. Ostema, Matthew N. Jensen
  • Method, apparatus, and manufacture for facilitating a self-organizing workforce
    Publication number: 20040210550
    Abstract: A system, method, and apparatus for facilitating a self-organizing workforce of one or more workers through payment and recognition incentives, a set of configurable operating rules, and a set of credentials to represent the reputations and organizational capital of individual workers. The system includes a worksite having one or more configurable worksite rules where the one or more workers may work on an idea. Work includes posting to a discussion about the idea, voting on the idea, and recommending an outcome for the idea. Worker credentials for each worker are updated based on a worker's work on the idea within the worksite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2001
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventors: Daniel F. Williams, Lawrence L. Ostema, Matthew N. Jensen