Patents by Inventor Jeffery Allen Patchen

Jeffery Allen Patchen 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: 20140024454
    Abstract: Novel response games provide participants with opportunities to receive response points and subsequent prizes, awards, fortune, and frame. Correct responses are generally determined by a television producer's and sponsor's targeted viewers (e.g. a designated response game point controller). Players receiving a highest response point total for a plurality of response sessions are identified as highly in-sync with a response point controller and qualify to be selected to star on television as viewer/controller representatives. Viewer/controller representatives are presented with various producer's and sponsor's business element options associated with a future television promotion, production, and program provided. The representatives are shown evaluating each business element and selecting a number of most suitable elements to become future response game elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventor: Jeffery Allen PATCHEN
  • Patent number: 8353750
    Abstract: Novel response games provide participants with opportunities to receive response points and subsequent prizes, awards, fortune, and fame. Correct responses are generally determined by a television producer's and sponsor's targeted viewers (e.g. a designated response game point controller). Players receiving a highest response point total for a plurality of response sessions are identified as highly in-sync with a response point controller and qualify to be selected to star on television as viewer/controller representatives. Viewer/controller representatives are presented with various producer's and sponsor's business element options associated with a future television promotion, production, and program provided. The representatives are shown evaluating each business element and selecting a number of most suitable elements to become future response game elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Inventor: Jeffery Allen Patchen
  • Publication number: 20110300916
    Abstract: A multi-level competition includes a competition between on-stage competition content, a competition between off-stage judges, and a competition between at-home players. The competition content (e.g., multiple television advertisements, singing contestants, etc.) is provided to at-home players, who provide a rating for each content offering and rank the content offerings. At a later time, a group of off-stage judges view the competition content, provide a rating for each content offering, and rank the content offerings. One or more accurate responses are identified by a control which may be, for example, a target demographic. A winning content offering is identified based on the one or more accurate responses. The off-stage judges and at-home players are ranked based on whether their ratings/rankings are in sync with the control, Winners may be selected from each of the group of off-stage judges and the group of at-home players.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2011
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Inventor: Jeffery Allen PATCHEN
  • Publication number: 20020198050
    Abstract: An Internet or phone polling system provides audiences of competitive events the opportunity to interact with these events by determining which contestants may compete and the activities the contestants will perform. The audience may then judge the performance of each contestant by rating performances. The audience members compete against one another by predicting the overall top rated contestants. The audience members compete against one another while controlling and determining the outcome of the competitive event they are viewing. The system provides viewers as well as the contestants a chance to win awards, cash and prizes as a result of their participation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2002
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Inventor: Jeffery Allen Patchen