Patents by Inventor Alistair Lowe-Norris

Alistair Lowe-Norris 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: 20120107787
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to implement an advisory services network that enables organizations to identify complex business problems from apparent business problems, immerse a diverse group of people in the businesses of the organizations, and promote collaboration to develop viable solutions to the complex business problems. An enterprise organization can supply case studies of real-life scenarios, data, ethnographic interviews to convey multiple views of problematic areas, etc., to enable members of the diverse group of people to immerse themselves into the problem space, participate in creative communications, such as discussions, and brainstorm potential solutions. Further, the advisory services network can include a gaming platform on which instances of serious games can be developed and deployed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Dana Zimmerman, Jonathan Grudin, Pallaw Sharma, Warwick Holder, Alistair Lowe-Norris, Rick Maguire, Donald Brinkman, Frank Martinez