Patents by Inventor Michael P. Geiger

Michael P. Geiger 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 and system for using a generalized execution engine to transform a document written in a markup-based declarative template language into specified output formats
    Publication number: 20020143816
    Abstract: A method and system for describing information within a structured document, such as an XML document. A declarative description that describes both the location and the format and structure of the information is included in the structured document. This declarative description can be subsequently employed by a transformation engine to extract and transform described information according to a transformation specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2001
    Publication date: October 3, 2002
    Inventors: Michael P. Geiger, William J. Laubenheimer
  • Method and system for internet-based, competitive event prediction
    Patent number: 6236900
    Abstract: A method and system for providing an Internet-based competitive speculation forum in which participants can submit predictions of future events, obtain rewards for correct predictions and suffer penalties for incorrect predictions. Each competitive speculation forum is defined by a number of future events, such as sporting contests, elections and election debates, and stock price fluctuations. Participants may submit straight predictions, each based on a single future event, combination predictions, each based on a set of future events, and aggregation predictions, each based on a single future event and automatically resubmitted at fixed intervals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Inventor: Michael P. Geiger