Patents by Inventor Erik Brynjolfsson

Erik Brynjolfsson 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: 20220237635
    Abstract: Obtain, as input, in electronic form, structured information including tasks for a plurality of occupations in a plurality of industries over a length of time; compute, from the structured information, a time series of normalized occupation task shares over the length of time; train a computerized machine learning model, on the time series, to predict future task shares for the plurality of occupations in the plurality of industries; and, with the trained computerized machine learning model, predict the future task shares.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Subhro Das, Wyatt Clarke, Sebastian Steffen, Prabhat Maddikunta Reddy, Erik Brynjolfsson, Martin Fleming
  • Publication number: 20060153056
    Abstract: Limited life optical media and methods of making same are described. The limited life optical media includes at least one reactive substance that prohibits continued access to at least part of the information contained on the media after a prescribed period of time. In addition to at least one reactive substance, an antioxidant substance is present as part of the limited life optical media to modulate, in part, the action of the at least one reactive substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2006
    Publication date: July 13, 2006
    Applicant: Flexplay Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Yannis Bakos, Erik Brynjolfsson, Adam Heller, Ephraim Heller
  • Publication number: 20050213435
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for inhibiting the readability of an optical media due to changes in a pseudo-reflective material that composes the optical media after the optical media has been exposed to air for a predetermined time. An optical media includes a data encoded component. At least a fraction of the data encoded component transforms from a substantially optically reflective state to a substantially optically non-reflective state as at-least-in-part a function of time from an initializing event. The systems and methods provide advantages because of low cost, limited content lifetime, avoidance of rental returns and minimum changes to existing manufacturing precesses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2004
    Publication date: September 29, 2005
    Applicant: FlexPlay Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Yannis Bakos, Erik Brynjolfsson, Adam Heller, Ephraim Heller
  • Publication number: 20050181169
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for inhibiting the readability of an optical media due to changes in a pseudo-reflective material that composes the optical media after the optical media has been exposed to air for a predetermined time. An optical media includes a data encoded component. At least a fraction of the data encoded component transforms from a substantially optically reflective state to a substantially optically non-reflective state as at-least-in-part a function of time from an initializing event. The systems and methods provide advantages because of low cost, limited content lifetime, avoidance of rental returns and minimum changes to existing manufacturing processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2005
    Publication date: August 18, 2005
    Applicant: Flexplay Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Yannis Bakos, Erik Brynjolfsson
  • Patent number: 6839316
    Abstract: System and methods are described for inhibiting the readability of an optical media due to changes in a pseudo-reflective material that composes the optical media after the optical media has been exposed to air for a predetermined time. An optical media includes a data encoded component. At least a fraction of the data encoded component transforms from a substantially optically reflective state to a substantially optically non-reflective state as at-least-in-part a function of time from an initializing event. The systems and methods provide advantages because of low cost, limited content lifetime, avoidance of rental returns and minimum changes to existing manufacturing processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: Flexplay Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Yannis Bakos, Erik Brynjolfsson, Adam Heller, Ephraim Heller
  • Patent number: 6838144
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for inhibiting the readability of an optical media due to changes in a pseudo-reflective material that composes the optical media after the optical media has been exposed to air for a predetermined time. An optical media includes a data encoded component. At least a fraction of the data encoded component transforms from a substantially optically reflective state to a substantially optically non-reflective state as at-least-in-part a function of time from an initializing event. The systems and methods provide advantages because of low cost, limited content lifetime, avoidance of rental returns and minimum changes to existing manufacturing processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: FlexPlay Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Yannis Bakos, Erik Brynjolfsson
  • Publication number: 20040037994
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for inhibiting the readability of an optical media due to changes in a pseudo-reflective material that composes the optical media after the optical media has been exposed to air for a predetermined time. An optical media includes a data encoded component. At least a fraction of the data encoded component transforms from a substantially optically reflective state to a substantially optically non-reflective state as at-least-in-part a function of time from an initializing event. The systems and methods provide advantages because of low cost, limited content lifetime, avoidance of rental returns and minimum changes to existing manufacturing processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2003
    Publication date: February 26, 2004
    Applicant: Flexplay Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Yannis Bakos, Erik Brynjolfsson
  • Patent number: 6641886
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for inhibiting the readability of an optical media due to changes in a pseudo-reflective material that composes the optical media after the optical media has been exposed to air for a predetermined time. An optical media includes a data encoded component. At least a fraction of the data encoded component transforms from a substantially optically reflective state to a substantially optically non-reflective state as at-least-in-part a function of time from an initializing event. The systems and methods provide advantages because of low cost, limited content lifetime, avoidance of rental returns and minimum changes to existing manufacturing processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: Flexplay Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Yannis Bakos, Erik Brynjolfsson
  • Publication number: 20030099186
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for inhibiting the readability of an optical media due to changes in a pseudo-reflective material that composes the optical media after the optical media has been exposed to air for a predetermined time. An optical media includes a data encoded component. At least a fraction of the data encoded component transforms from a substantially optically reflective state to a substantially optically non-reflective state as at-least-in-part a function of time from an initializing event. The systems and methods provide advantages because of low cost, limited content lifetime, avoidance of rental returns and minimum changes to existing manufacturing precesses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2003
    Publication date: May 29, 2003
    Inventors: Yannis Bakos, Erik Brynjolfsson, Adam Heller, Ephraim Heller
  • Patent number: 6537635
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for inhibiting the readability of an optical media due to changes in a pseudo-reflective material that composes the optical media after the optical media has been exposed to air for a predetermined time. An optical media includes a data encoded component. At least a fraction of the data encoded component transforms from a substantially optically reflective state to a substantially optically non-reflective state as at-least-in-part a function of time from an initializing event. The systems and methods provide advantages because of low cost, limited content lifetime, avoidance of rental returns and minimum changes to existing manufacturing precesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2003
    Assignee: Flexplay Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Yannis Bakos, Erik Brynjolfsson, Adam Heller, Ephraim Heller
  • Patent number: 6511728
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for inhibiting the readability of an optical media due to changes in a pseudo-transmissive material that composes the optical media after the optical media has been exposed to air for a predetermined time. A optical media includes a substrate. At least a fraction of the substrate transforms from a substantially optically transmissive state to a substantially optically non-transmissive state as at-least-in-part a function of time from an initializing event. The systems and methods provide advantages because of low cost, limited content lifetime, avoidance of rental returns and minimum changes to existing manufacturing processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2003
    Assignee: Flexplay Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Yannis Bakos, Erik Brynjolfsson, Adam Heller, Ephraim Heller