Patents by Inventor Gerard James Cafolla

Gerard James Cafolla 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: 20140108079
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for analyzing work skills. In one aspect, a method includes receiving work task data specifying a plurality of work tasks for a plurality of service providers. For each service provider, receiving performance data specifying an objective measure of a performance metric associated with the service provider performing a work task; receiving assessment data specifying a subjective measure of an attribute associated with the service provider performing the work task; and generating skills data for the service provider based on an aggregation of the assessment data and the performance data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: Silver Lining Solutions Ltd.
    Inventors: Simon Anthony Wright, Daniel Aucott, Gerard James Cafolla, Edward Winston Talbot, James George Horne Pratt, Paul James Hadley
  • Patent number: 8589215
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for analyzing work skills. In one aspect, a method includes receiving work task data specifying a plurality of work tasks for a plurality of service providers. For each service provider, receiving performance data specifying an objective measure of a performance metric associated with the service provider performing a work task; receiving assessment data specifying a subjective measure of an attribute associated with the service provider performing the work task; and generating skills data for the service provider based on an aggregation of the assessment data and the performance data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Silver Lining Solutions Ltd.
    Inventors: Simon Anthony Wright, Daniel Aucott, Gerard James Cafolla, Edward Winston Talbot, James George Horne Pratt, Paul James Hadley
  • Publication number: 20130018686
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for analyzing work skills. In one aspect, a method includes receiving work task data specifying a plurality of work tasks for a plurality of service providers. For each service provider, receiving performance data specifying an objective measure of a performance metric associated with the service provider performing a work task; receiving assessment data specifying a subjective measure of an attribute associated with the service provider performing the work task; and generating skills data for the service provider based on an aggregation of the assessment data and the performance data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: Silver Lining Solutions Ltd.
    Inventors: Simon Anthony Wright, Daniel Aucott, Gerard James Cafolla, Edward Winston Talbot, James George Horne Pratt, Paul James Hadley