Patents by Inventor Anderson Greene

Anderson Greene 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).

  • Screening and survey selection system and method of operating the same
    Patent number: 6999987
    Abstract: A screening and survey selection system, method of screening and selecting for a survey and a computer system employing the system and method. In one embodiment, the screening and survey selection system includes a survey queue having a plurality of queue slots, each of the plurality of queue slots including a survey available for a respondent. The screening and survey selection system also includes a random number generator that generates a number pertaining to a selected one of the plurality of queue slots as a function of at least one characteristic associated with the respondent. The screening and survey selection system still further includes a screener block question generator that develops a plurality of screener block questions that determine if the respondent is qualified to participate in a survey corresponding to the selected one of the plurality of queue slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: America Online, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael David Billingsley, Gary Crance, Michael J. Cunningham, Anderson Greene, Charles A. Miller, Edwin Franklin Shaw