Patents by Inventor Thomas Winward

Thomas Winward 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: 10832630
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to providing electronic survey content to a user in accordance with a particular layout. In particular, a survey system facilitates providing survey questions of an electronic survey to a user within a display area of a client device in accordance with a determined layout based on one or more features of the display area. For example, the survey system associates a plurality of layouts with one or more survey questions. Further, the survey system provides the survey questions and associated layout to a client device for presentation to a user. The client device identifies one or more features of a display area and determines a layout from the plurality of layouts to use in providing the survey question(s) to the user. Further, the client device provides one or more survey questions to a user within the display area in accordance with a determined layout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: QUALTRICS, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Scott Whiting, Brett Bradley Campbell, Lance Thomas Winward
  • Publication number: 20190228736
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to providing electronic survey content to a user in accordance with a particular layout. In particular, a survey system facilitates providing survey questions of an electronic survey to a user within a display area of a client device in accordance with a determined layout based on one or more features of the display area. For example, the survey system associates a plurality of layouts with one or more survey questions. Further, the survey system provides the survey questions and associated layout to a client device for presentation to a user. The client device identifies one or more features of a display area and determines a layout from the plurality of layouts to use in providing the survey question(s) to the user. Further, the client device provides one or more survey questions to a user within the display area in accordance with a determined layout.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Jeffrey Scott Whiting, Brett Bradley Campbell, Lance Thomas Winward
  • Patent number: 10325568
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to providing electronic survey content to a user in accordance with a particular layout. In particular, a survey system facilitates providing survey questions of an electronic survey to a user within a display area of a client device in accordance with a determined layout based on one or more features of the display area. For example, the survey system associates a plurality of layouts with one or more survey questions. Further, the survey system provides the survey questions and associated layout to a client device for presentation to a user. The client device identifies one or more features of a display area and determines a layout from the plurality of layouts to use in providing the survey question(s) to the user. Further, the client device provides one or more survey questions to a user within the display area in accordance with a determined layout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: QUALTRICS, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Scott Whiting, Brett Bradley Campbell, Lance Thomas Winward
  • Publication number: 20170039988
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to providing electronic survey content to a user in accordance with a particular layout. In particular, a survey system facilitates providing survey questions of an electronic survey to a user within a display area of a client device in accordance with a determined layout based on one or more features of the display area. For example, the survey system associates a plurality of layouts with one or more survey questions. Further, the survey system provides the survey questions and associated layout to a client device for presentation to a user. The client device identifies one or more features of a display area and determines a layout from the plurality of layouts to use in providing the survey question(s) to the user. Further, the client device provides one or more survey questions to a user within the display area in accordance with a determined layout.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventors: Jeffrey Scott Whiting, Brett Bradley Campbell, Lance Thomas Winward
  • Publication number: 20080261683
    Abstract: Methods and systems for operating one or more linked casino activities, and for distributing awards to two or more eligible participants of the one or more linked casino activities are disclosed. A method can include: establishing a jackpot for one or more linked casino activities; establishing a criterion for selecting one or more primary winners from the two or more eligible participants; selecting one or more primary winners using the established criterion; awarding a first portion of the jackpot to the one or more primary winners; and awarding the remainder of the jackpot to one or more eligible participants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2008
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: STATION CASINOS, INC.
    Inventors: Weldon Russell, Thomas Winward
  • Publication number: 20060185087
    Abstract: A rigid patient support element that is substantially transparent to high energy x-radiation comprising a structural core and one or more perforated face sheets attached to at least one of the top side or bottom side of the element. The support element reduces Compton scattering thereby reducing patient skin damage. The support element of the present invention can be integrated into a patient support surface, used as an insert or used as a spacer and easily removable from a patient support surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2006
    Publication date: August 24, 2006
    Inventors: Daniel Coppens, John Kirk, David Rabeno, Thomas Winward