Patents by Inventor Eric Posner

Eric Posner 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).

  • System and method for quadratic, near-quadratic, and convex voting in various types of research and voting
    Patent number: 9754272
    Abstract: A method for eliciting and aggregating truthful preferences of respondents, with steps of assigning a currency budget to a respondent and generating a user interface. The user interface: displays budgets for each respondent; displays choices among alternative outcomes for each respondent and a method for allocating votes among options by paying according to a quadratic function; displays the outcome of the voting for each respondent; enables a third party to select and contact respondents; enables the third party to observe voting choices and final voting outcomes; and enables the third party to control budgets and voting options.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Collective Decision Engines, Inc.
    Inventors: E Glen Weyl, David Quarfoot, Eric Posner, Kevin Slavin
  • System and Method for Quadratic, Near-Quadratic, and Convex Voting in Various Types of Research and Voting
    Publication number: 20160292947
    Abstract: A method for eliciting and aggregating truthful preferences of respondents, with steps of assigning a currency budget to a respondent and generating a user interface. The user interface: displays budgets for each respondent; displays choices among alternative outcomes for each respondent and a method for allocating votes among options by paying according to a quadratic function; displays the outcome of the voting for each respondent; enables a third party to select and contact respondents; enables the third party to observe voting choices and final voting outcomes; and enables the third party to control budgets and voting options.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: E Glen Weyl, David Quarfoot, Eric Posner, Kevin Slavin
  • System and Method for Quadratic, Near-Quadratic, and Convex Voting in Various Types of Research and Voting
    Publication number: 20160267740
    Abstract: A method for eliciting and aggregating truthful preferences of respondents, with steps of assigning a currency budget to a respondent and generating a user interface. The user interface: displays budgets for each respondent; displays choices among alternative outcomes for each respondent and a method for allocating votes among options by paying according to a quadratic function; displays the outcome of the voting for each respondent; enables a third party to select and contact respondents; enables the third party to observe voting choices and final voting outcomes; and enables the third party to control budgets and voting options.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: E Glen Weyl, David Quarfoot, Eric Posner, Kevin Slavin