Patents by Inventor Theodore Joseph Collins, III

Theodore Joseph Collins, III 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: 20140156677
    Abstract: A presentation order of curated media items that are represented by meta data in a playpack is determined by evaluating a platform score, a viewer score, a content popularity score, a content quality score, and a scatter algorithm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2014
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: Playrific, Inc.
    Inventors: Theodore Joseph Collins, III, Beth Marcus
  • Publication number: 20140087355
    Abstract: A computerized educational game includes multiple formats for questions on a variety of topics related to health, wellness and education and other topics. In one embodiment, questions and answers for the game are stored so that the individual questions can be downloaded in more than one format. For example, the questions and answers may be stored so that they can be answered as “fill in the blank” questions in which the user must supply an answer. The same question may be formatted as a multiple choice question, in which the user is required to select a correct answer from among a plurality of answers. The questions and answers may also be formatted for use in multiple game formats, e.g., a quiz game, a puzzle game, a choose-best-from-list game, a matching game, or a reverse quiz game in which an answer is supplied and the player guesses or selects the question.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: GameMetrix Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Bonnie Williams Henry, Thomas R. Dusenberry, Brent J. Nordquist, Theodore Joseph Collins, III
  • Patent number: 6286041
    Abstract: A system and method for transferring digital computer software and data from one digital computer to one or more digital computers through a network of electrical connections between the two or more digital computers. An installation agent is established at each target machine and software to be transferred is placed within a software package, wherein the software package includes the software and installation commands for installing the software. The software package is transferred to each target machine and installed by alerting the installation agent that a software package has arrived and executing commands within the installation agent to send an install message to the software package, wherein the install message causes the software package to execute the installation commands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Assignee: Computer Associates Think, Inc.
    Inventors: Theodore Joseph Collins, III, Scott Roy Anderson, Steven J. McDowall, Charles Henry Kratsch, Joseph Paul Larson
  • Patent number: 6138153
    Abstract: A system and method for transferring digital computer software and data from one digital computer to one or more digital computers through a network of electrical connections between the two or more digital computers. An installation agent is established at each target machine and software to be transferred is placed within a software package, wherein the software package includes the software and installation commands for installing the software. The software package package is transferred to each target machine and installed by alerting the installation agent that a software package has arrived and executing commands within the installation agent to send an install message to the software package, wherein the install message causes the software package to execute the installation commands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Assignee: Computer Associates Think, Inc.
    Inventors: Theodore Joseph Collins, III, Scott Roy Anderson, Steven James McDowall, Charles Henry Kratsch, Joseph Paul Larson
  • Patent number: 5845090
    Abstract: A process of distributing software and data in a digital computer network by combining the software and data, together with programs and data known as methods, into single entities referred to as Packages, and then by using specific techniques to transmit Packages from one computer to another. The methods are operable on a Target digital computer to unpack and perform useful functions such as installing and backing out software on the Target digital computer, collecting data from the Target digital computer and forwarding it to another digital computer, or completing a system administration function on the Target digital computer. The techniques used in transmitting Packages between digital computers includes use of Agent software to transfer and activate Packages at appropriate times. The techniques also include forwarding multiple copies of Packages received on a slow network connection to one or more digital computers connected on faster network connections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1998
    Assignee: Platinium Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Theodore Joseph Collins, III, Scott Roy Anderson, Steven James McDowall, Charles Henry Kratsch, Joseph Paul Larson