Patents by Inventor Brian L. Kellner

Brian L. Kellner 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).

  • Universal task management system, method and product for automatically managing remote workers, including automatically recruiting workers
    Patent number: 7155400
    Abstract: A computer implemented method, a system, and a software product to automatically manage one or more human workers carrying out a process of manipulating source data provided to produce result data. The process including a set of one or more task steps each having an input and resulting in a task result. The computer implemented method includes receiving units of source data from a customer. For each unit of source data and each task step for the unit of source data, the method includes dispatching the task step and its corresponding input unit to a worker and, after the worker carries out the dispatched task step on the input unit, receiving the task result corresponding to the dispatched task step and input unit from the worker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Qgenisys, Inc.
    Inventors: David J. Jilk, Brian L. Kellner, Victor Ganora, Thomas A. Kotsines
  • Universal task management system, method and product for automatically managing remote workers, including automatically training the workers
    Patent number: 6938048
    Abstract: A computer implemented method, a system, and a software product to automatically manage one or more human workers carrying out a process of manipulating source data provided to produce result data. The process including a set of one or more task steps each having an input and resulting in a task result. The computer implemented method includes receiving units of source data from a customer. For each unit of source data and each task step for the unit of source data, the method includes dispatching the task step and its corresponding input unit to a worker and, after the worker carries out the dispatched task step on the input unit, receiving the task result corresponding to the dispatched task step and input unit from the worker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2005
    Assignee: Qgenisys, Inc.
    Inventors: David J. Jilk, Brian L. Kellner, Victor Ganora, Thomas A. Kotsines
  • Universal task management system, method and product for automatically managing remote workers, including assessing the work product and workers
    Patent number: 6859523
    Abstract: A computer implemented method, a system, and a software product to automatically manage one or more human workers carrying out a process of manipulating source data provided to produce result data. The process including a set of one or more task steps each having an input and resulting in a task result. The computer implemented method includes receiving units of source data from a customer. For each unit of source data and each task step for the unit of source data, the method includes dispatching the task step and its corresponding input unit to a worker and, after the worker carries out the dispatched task step on the input unit, receiving the task result corresponding to the dispatched task step and input unit from the worker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Assignee: Qgenisys, Inc.
    Inventors: David J. Jilk, Brian L. Kellner, Victor Ganora, Thomas A. Kotsines