Patents by Inventor Catherine D. Dowdell

Catherine D. Dowdell 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: 20120084180
    Abstract: A personal growth system and method for personal growth are provided. The personal growth system may be web-enabled and may include a communication interface operable to communicate with an endpoint user interface. The user interface generally includes a display area. The personal growth program is operable to generate, for a user in the display area, a first information request for the user and to obtain first user input relating to the user's current state of being. The personal growth system also may include a recommendation database defining guided experiences, each of which may include at least one instruction that leads the user through the guided experience. The personal growth system may communicate applicable guided experiences to the endpoint based on the first user input. The instructions of the guided experiences may specify an act intended to generate a result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Inventors: Catherine D. Dowdell, Michael M. Sawalski, John R. Weaver, Thomas A. Helf, Marissa A.K. Schultz, James R. Crapser, Sara Cantor Aye, Mark King, Andrew Michael Brooks, Kristina J. Genslak, Felicia E. Zusman
  • Publication number: 20120082968
    Abstract: A journal system for promoting a person's personal growth and a method for guiding a journal user to use a journal are provided. The journal system includes a plurality of cards, each card having a writable portion configured to receive an entry from a user and a written content portion. The written content portion includes a prompt to the user and an intention relating to the prompt to facilitate the entry from the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Inventors: Catherine D. Dowdell, Kristina J. Genslak, John R. Weaver, David Ratfelders, Lillard Wells Culver, III, James R. Crapser
  • Publication number: 20120083648
    Abstract: A device for relieving user stress and method of using same are disclosed. The device may be provided in the form of a kit that the user may use to relieve himself or herself of troubling thoughts and use the dissolution features of the kit to visually observe the thought melting away. The kit may include a plurality of dissolvable substrates on which thoughts can be recorded, a writing instrument to record the thoughts on the substrate, a vessel to contain a solvent, and a medical device to monitor one or more physiological parameters of the user. The physiological parameters of the user may include blood pressure, heart rate, respiration rate, brain function, and combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2010
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: S.C. JOHNSON & SON, INC.
    Inventors: Catherine D. Dowdell, John R. Weaver, Kristina J. Genslak, James R. Crapser
  • Publication number: 20120084649
    Abstract: A journal system for promoting a person's personal growth and a method of guiding journal entries are provided. The journal system includes a journal page configured to receive entries from a user and a plurality of repositionable guides. Each repositionable guide of the journal system includes a different intention to assist the user in making an entry on the journal page. The repositionable guides are individually positionable on the journal to provide the intention. The journal system also includes a storage location for the plurality of repositionable guides. The storage location is separate from the journal page so that the plurality of repositionable guides are not viewable on the journal page until the selected one of the plurality of repositionable guides is positioned on the page by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Inventors: Catherine D. Dowdell, Lillard Wells Culver, III, David Ratfelders, John R. Weaver