Patents Assigned to Clear Direction, Inc.
  • Patent number: 6618723
    Abstract: An interpersonal development communications system and directory that determines a participant's motivators and values in view of a requester's motivators and values and automatically provides recommended guidance for the requester to manage and communicate effectively with participants who are subordinates, peers and superiors in an organization. A participant logs on to an Internet-based interpersonal development communications system server, or an intranet of his firm or company, and takes the Kinsel-Hartman Profile which includes four or five lists of 18 statements each. The participant ranks all 18 statements in each list, which in turn are used to create an individual profile report. This report presents the participant's blended scores of his thinking, combining his bias and capacities concerning each dimension of value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: Clear Direction, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert K. Smith
  • Patent number: 6338628
    Abstract: A personalized training and development methodology that determines an individual's strengths and weaknesses and automatically provides training and development exercises that focus on reinforcing an individual's strengths and modifying his behavioral weaknesses. An individual logs on to the Internet personalized training and development training website, or an Intranet of his firm or company, and takes the Kinsel-Hartman Profile which includes four or five lists of 18 statements each. Each of the 18 statements in each list of the profile are formal representations of value combinations. An individual ranks all 18 statements in each list which in turn are used to create a profile report. This report presents the person's blended scores of his thinking, combining his bias and capacities concerning each dimension of value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2002
    Assignee: Clear Direction, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert K. Smith