Patents by Inventor Brett GUTHRIE

Brett GUTHRIE 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: 20080305867
    Abstract: A demand driven game system and method uses a communications network driven by an engine to facilitate the scheduling of demand driven (sporting) games (DDG's), through passively accepting electronic expressions of interest for open slots (registrations), and actively filling slots through a matching service. Such functions can be performed through a combination of processing party preferences from a public interface, a team interface, setup preferences from an administrator interface and a referee interface, processing league data structures from a database, particularly competition rosters and referee rosters, processing DDG registrations and sending and receiving automated communications with relevant parties through SMS channels. DDG slots could be filled through a combination of transactional approaches, players/teams/individuals registering for specific slots, and service approaches, with players/teams/individuals registering to receive queries for DDG's of a specific character.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2008
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Inventor: Brett GUTHRIE
  • Publication number: 20080220877
    Abstract: System 10 implemented over network 120, is a semi-autonomous bot 14 for managing recruiting and player allocation functions, for sporting grades and sporting leagues, with sub-functions for finding and confirming recruits, controlled through administrative interface 11. The bot uses recruit interface 12, a discrete page on league website 17, to accept allocation requests from new players or the like, i.e. requests to join the league generally or to join particular teams. Using the preferences and personal details submitted in the recruit interface the bot can generate ranked lists 1411 of the most suitable teams for the initiator of the allocation. Ranking is performed by allocation algorithm 141 and uses team population data, team skill, team recruiting status (set through private team interface 13), team congruence with the initiators personal details (particularly age, gender etc), and previous allocation requests received by said team.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2008
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventor: Brett GUTHRIE