Patents by Inventor Lee McFadden

Lee McFadden 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: 9449330
    Abstract: Game mechanics may be incorporated into a web site, mobile site, and/or app using an automated access, self-serve platform. A user interface may be generated based on input provided by or on behalf of a publisher of a site and/or app. The user interface may be configured to be incorporated with the site and/or app. An economy governing game mechanics associated with the user interface may be defined. The user interface may be provided for integration with the site and/or app. Integration of the user interface with the site and/or app may provide the game mechanics to the site and/or app. In some implementations, generating the user interface may include generating, at a gamification server, a widget configured to provide the user interface, the site and/or app being provided by a site server, the gamification server being separate and distinct from the site server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: BIGDOOR MEDIA, INC.
    Inventors: Keith Smith, Jeff Malek, Collin Watson, Lee McFadden, Brian Oldfield
  • Publication number: 20120270661
    Abstract: Game mechanics may be incorporated into a web site, mobile site, and/or app using an automated access, self-serve platform. A user interface may be generated based on input provided by or on behalf of a publisher of a site and/or app. The user interface may be configured to be incorporated with the site and/or app. An economy governing game mechanics associated with the user interface may be defined. The user interface may be provided for integration with the site and/or app. Integration of the user interface with the site and/or app may provide the game mechanics to the site and/or app. In some implementations, generating the user interface may include generating, at a gamification server, a widget configured to provide the user interface, the site and/or app being provided by a site server, the gamification server being separate and distinct from the site server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: BigDoor Media, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith SMITH, Jeff Malek, Collin Watson, Lee McFadden, Brian Oldfield
  • Publication number: 20100068663
    Abstract: Method for removing contaminants from a surface during semiconductor fabrication. A preferred embodiment comprises developing a resist layer on a top surface of a semiconductor substrate, curing the developed resist layer, and cleaning the developed resist layer with a developer solution to remove contaminants. The cleaning makes use of the same developer solution used to develop the resist layer, so the cleaning makes use of a process that already exists and requires no additional investment to implement, while the curing stabilizes the developed resist layer so that the cleaning does not damage the developed resist layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2009
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Erika Lee McFadden, Ronald Charles Roth, Lisa Ann Wesneski
  • Patent number: 7622244
    Abstract: Method for removing contaminants from a surface during semiconductor fabrication. A preferred embodiment comprises developing a resist layer on a top surface of a semiconductor substrate, curing the developed resist layer, and cleaning the developed resist layer with a developer solution to remove contaminants. The cleaning makes use of the same developer solution used to develop the resist layer, so the cleaning makes use of a process that already exists and requires no additional investment to implement, while the curing stabilizes the developed resist layer so that the cleaning does not damage the developed resist layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Erika Lee McFadden, Ronald Charles Roth, Lisa Ann Wesneski
  • Patent number: 4078315
    Abstract: Apparatus and a method are disclosed for offering branch programming for instructional purposes. The apparatus comprises a tape player of the cassette variety, preferably having a tape index or counter. A prerecorded tape cassette carrying the program of instruction is also included. The tape has a plurality of segments of primary material recorded over corresponding spans of tape in a forward direction on a first track. A plurality of segments of supplemental material related to the primary material are recorded in a reversed direction on a second track. The primary material segments each terminate in segment-defining indicia aligned with the initiation of the corresponding secondary material segment. In use, the listener plays a primary material information segment, and then stops the tape player. If further development of the subject is desired, the listener removes the cassette, and flips it over or reverses its orientation. He then reinstalls it in and upon the tape player.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1976
    Date of Patent: March 14, 1978
    Inventor: Fred Lee McFadden