Patents by Inventor Catherine Graham

Catherine Graham 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).

  • OPTIMIZATION OF A WEB-BASED RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20120143718
    Abstract: A method for determining product recommendations to be presented to users includes forming, by a formula generation module, a plurality of different recommendation formulas, including, for each recommendation formula, assigning a weight to at least some of a plurality of recommendation characteristics, wherein each recommendation characteristic is representative of at least one of a characteristic of a product, a characteristic of a method for presenting the product recommendations to the users, and a characteristic of a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: ChoiceStream, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen E. Graham, Mary Catherine Graham, Moshe Ben-Akiva, Adam M. Roberts, Xiaojing Li, Vaibhav Rathi, Sanjib Mohanty
  • Method and apparatus for breaking up fecal matter
    Publication number: 20060249176
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for breaking up fecal matter includes a rigidly formed biodegradable disposable element, and an element holding device. The element holding device holds the biodegradable disposable element used to break up fecal matter, and releases the biodegradable disposable element such that the user does not directly contact the biodegradable disposable element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2005
    Publication date: November 9, 2006
    Inventors: Catherine Graham, Pamela Meyer