Patents by Inventor David B. Telller

David B. Telller 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 apparatus for interactive evolutionary algorithms with respondent directed breeding
    Patent number: 9785995
    Abstract: A method comprises displaying visual representations of a plurality of product alternatives each including at least one attribute variant to a respondent, receiving from the respondent an indication of a preferred one of the plurality of product alternatives, transmitting a request to the respondent to identify at least one attribute variant of a non-preferred product alternative that is preferred by the respondent to the corresponding attribute variant of the preferred one of the plurality of product alternatives and receiving a response from the respondent identifying at least one attribute variant of a non-preferred product alternative that is preferred by the respondent to the corresponding attribute variant of the preferred one of the plurality of product alternatives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Kamal M. Malek, David B. Telller, Waleed M. A. Al-Atraqchi
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERACTIVE EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS WITH RESPONDENT DIRECTED BREEDING
    Publication number: 20140279203
    Abstract: A method comprises displaying visual representations of a plurality of product alternatives each including at least one attribute variant to a respondent, receiving from the respondent an indication of a preferred one of the plurality of product alternatives, transmitting a request to the respondent to identify at least one attribute variant of a non-preferred product alternative that is preferred by the respondent to the corresponding attribute variant of the preferred one of the plurality of product alternatives and receiving a response from the respondent identifying at least one attribute variant of a non-preferred product alternative that is preferred by the respondent to the corresponding attribute variant of the preferred one of the plurality of product alternatives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: AFFINNOVA, INC.
    Inventors: Kamal M. Malek, David B. Telller, Waleed M.A. Al-Atraqchi