Patents by Inventor Ernest Sjo

Ernest Sjo 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).

  • Entertainment concept evaluation; decision matrix method
    Patent number: 8055568
    Abstract: A Entertainment Concept Evaluation is achieved through the use of a Decision Matrix Method. The decision process is a critical tool for aggregating entertainment content on the Internet as well as the monetization of chosen concepts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Inventors: Robert Maerz, Ernest Sjo
  • Entertainment concept evaluation; decision matrix method
    Publication number: 20090024451
    Abstract: A Entertainment Concept Evaluation is achieved through the use of a Decision Matrix Method. The decision process is a critical tool for aggregating entertainment content on the Internet as well as the monetization of chosen concepts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2008
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Inventors: Robert Maerz, Ernest Sjo
  • Method and system for offering securities based in entertainment concepts
    Publication number: 20040078314
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a system for simulated securities exchange wherein the securities comprise various entertainment industry concepts, such as television show scripts, scripts with talent attached, treatments, pilots, and video games in assorted stages of development. This invention relates more specifically to the establishment of an investment portfolio comprising one or more Pilot Option Participation Securities (POPS) or other entertainment creation securities. Such investment portfolios comprising one or more POPS may, for example, be prepared for listed and listed on a national exchange such as, for example, CBOE, AMEX, NASDAQ, foreign exchanges or bulletin board exchanges (BBX).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2003
    Publication date: April 22, 2004
    Inventors: Robert Maerz, Ernest Sjo
  • Method and system for offering television pilots as a security
    Publication number: 20020019792
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a system for simulated securities exchange wherein the securities comprise various entertainment industry concepts, such as television show scripts, scripts with talent attached, treatments, and pilots, in assorted stages of development. This invention relates more specifically to the establishment of an investment portfolio comprising one or more Pilot Option Participation Securities (POPS). Such investment portfolios comprising one or more POPS may, for example, be prepared for listed and listed on a national exchange such as, for example, CBOE, AMEX, or NASDAQ.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2001
    Publication date: February 14, 2002
    Inventors: Robert Maerz, Ernest Sjo