Patents by Inventor Daniel Jonathan MELINGER

Daniel Jonathan MELINGER 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).

  • Method and system for encouraging a person to affirmatively engage in an activity
    Patent number: 10933322
    Abstract: There is provided a method that includes (a) receiving an activation signal from a user interface, (b) receiving data indicative of an occurrence of an event, (c) allotting a benefit, in response to the occurrence of the event, (d) recognizing that the event occurred within a window of time with respect to a time of occurrence of the activation signal, and (e) modifying the benefit to yield a modified benefit. There is also provided a system that performs the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: FanDuel Limited
    Inventors: Daniel Jonathan Melinger, Eric John Entin, Scott Parker Shay, Thomas Gordon Griffiths
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENCOURAGING A PERSON TO AFFIRMATIVELY ENGAGE IN AN ACTIVITY
    Publication number: 20170001115
    Abstract: There is provided a method that includes (a) receiving an activation signal from a user interface, (b) receiving data indicative of an occurrence of an event, (c) allotting a benefit, in response to the occurrence of the event, (d) recognizing that the event occurred within a window of time with respect to a time of occurrence of the activation signal, and (e) modifying the benefit to yield a modified benefit. There is also provided a system that performs the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: Daniel Jonathan MELINGER, Eric John ENTIN, Scott Parker SHAY, Thomas Gordon GRIFFITHS