Patents by Inventor Dara O'Rourke

Dara O'Rourke 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).

  • INFORMATION-DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD AND APPLICATIONS EMPLOYING SAME
    Publication number: 20100250463
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an information-delivery system includes a first mechanism for identifying an entity for which to gather information and providing identity information in response thereto. A second mechanism employs the identity information to retrieve rating information pertaining to the entity, wherein the scoring information includes quantified information pertaining to one or more measures of performance, and the user's ethical preferences. The rating information includes environmental information, health information, and/or social information. The rating information further includes components that are each associated with a user-configurable weight. The second mechanism includes plural data sources, wherein each data source is associated with a user-configurable data-source weight. This allows a user to scan a product, receive information on its social, environmental, and health performance, all screened through the user's personal preferences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Dara O'Rourke, Kelly Bryant, Graham Bullock, Alastair Iles, Helen Kim, Shufei Lei
  • Information-delivery system and method and applications employing same
    Publication number: 20080086387
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an information-delivery system includes a first mechanism for identifying an entity for which to gather information and providing identity information in response thereto. A second mechanism employs the identity information to retrieve rating information pertaining to the entity, wherein the scoring information includes quantified information pertaining to one or more measures of performance, and the user's ethical preferences. The rating information includes environmental information, health information, and/or social information. The rating information further includes components that are each associated with a user-configurable weight. The second mechanism includes plural data sources, wherein each data source is associated with a user-configurable data-source weight. This allows a user to scan a product, receive information on its social, environmental, and health performance, all screened through the user's personal preferences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2006
    Publication date: April 10, 2008
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Dara O'Rourke, Kelly Bryant, Graham Bullock, Alastair Iles, Hye Y. Kim, Shufei Lei