Patents by Inventor James Sterling Harter

James Sterling Harter 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).

  • Method and system for screening and evaluation of research panel members
    Patent number: 8175903
    Abstract: System and method for optimizing composition of a pool from which members are selected to serve on market research panels are described. In one embodiment, the system includes a database comprising a plurality of member profiles and survey data associated with the members and a datamart for periodically scanning the database to discover events and subsequently logging each of the discovered events in an event log. The system further includes an offense module for periodically evaluating the event log to determine whether one of the discovered events comprises an offense committed by one of the members and logging the offense in an offense log and an audit module for performing an audit of the one of the members and logging results of the audit in an audit log.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: e-Rewards, Inc.
    Inventors: Harold Milton Brierley, Stephen Allen Myers, Sean Warren Eidson, James Sterling Harter, James F. Morse, David Samuel Sink, Eric Steven Herfield, Richard Craig Stevens
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SCREENING AND EVALUATION OF RESEARCH PANEL MEMBERS
    Publication number: 20100114666
    Abstract: System and method for optimizing composition of a pool from which members are selected to serve on market research panels are described. In one embodiment, the system includes a database comprising a plurality of member profiles and survey data associated with the members and a datamart for periodically scanning the database to discover events and subsequently logging each of the discovered events in an event log. The system further includes an offense module for periodically evaluating the event log to determine whether one of the discovered events comprises an offense committed by one of the members and logging the offense in an offense log and an audit module for performing an audit of the one of the members and logging results of the audit in an audit log.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2009
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: eREWARDS, INC.
    Inventors: Harold Milton Brierley, Stephen Allen Myers, Sean Warren Eidson, James Sterling Harter, James F. Morse, David Samuel Sink, Eric Steven Herfield, Richard Craig Stevens