Patents by Inventor David Anthony William Shaw

David Anthony William Shaw 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: 20170148342
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system and a method comprising a graphical user interface and delivered via the Internet and/or a mobile, tablet or wearable device, that articulate, establish, monitor and enforce a commitment contract between two parties by making visible the upfront/advance terms for users in a defined group to participate in and complete an action, activity and/or event, by notating agreed upon financial and/or non-financial penalties relating to such commitments, by tracking a user's adherence to such commitments, by conducting rebate/reward accounting, if applicable, and by conducting penalty accounting, if applicable. Further, the system and the method disclosed herein conduct accounting of financial and/or non-financial penalties, if applicable, that accumulate as surplus rewards as a result of non-commitment adherence by users, which then may or may not be distributed to all users in the defined group or a subset of users in the defined group based on a set of predetermined criteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Patrick Jude Barry, David Anthony William Shaw