Patents by Inventor Stefan F. Olander

Stefan F. Olander 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).

  • Methods and systems for encouraging athletic activity
    Patent number: 8597093
    Abstract: Individuals may be encouraged to perform athletic activity based on punishments or adverse effects that may be applied if the individual loses an athletic activity competition. For example, a user's device may be adversely affected by visual or functional effects configured to obscure or obstruct one or more functions of the user's device. The punishment or adverse effect might not be removed or deactivated until a user has completed a new competition without losing. In some arrangements, the user may be required to win in order to have the adverse effect removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Nike, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard J Engelberg, Michael B Hailey, Stefan F Olander, Michael L Orenstein, Kristen L White, Reshma T Pendleton
  • Methods and Systems for Encouraging Athletic Activity
    Publication number: 20120290109
    Abstract: Individuals may be encouraged to perform athletic activity based on punishments or adverse effects that may be applied if the individual loses an athletic activity competition. For example, a user's device may be adversely affected by visual or functional effects configured to obscure or obstruct one or more functions of the user's device. The punishment or adverse effect might not be removed or deactivated until a user has completed a new competition without losing. In some arrangements, the user may be required to win in order to have the adverse effect removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: NIKE, INC.
    Inventors: Richard J. Engelberg, Michael B. Hailey, Stefan F. Olander, Michael L. Orenstein, Kristen L. White, Reshma T. Pendleton