Patents by Inventor James N. Proctor

James N. Proctor 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: 20240277156
    Abstract: A device for creating a barrier between two subjects who are lying beside one another on a surface. The device can be used to improve the sleep quality in two subjects who are lying beside one another on a bed mattress by reducing or inhibiting interaction between them during sleep.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: James N. Proctor, Douglas C. Schmidt, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20150163189
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a system for facilitating user engagement with a high profile person or brand including program logic defining a content message service that facilitates engagement of a user with a high profile person. When executed by a processor the program logic performs steps to enable user account formation, content category selection and viewing, creation and posting of a content message, calculating a content message ranking and a decay for each posted content message, displaying a content message, and enabling a user to create a votable answer. The steps include compiling a total number of content messages composed by the user, the total number of responses to the messages, the high profile person viewing or response total from the high profile person's viewing or response behavior to the content message and assigning a status category, score, and status value to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: James N. Proctor, Christian B. Monteleone