Patents by Inventor Jeffrey T. Zywicki

Jeffrey T. Zywicki 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).

  • System for creating and maintaining a database of information utilizing user options
    Patent number: 8024334
    Abstract: A system for automatically creating and maintaining a database of information utilizing user opinions about subjects, particularly exceptional experiences. Described is an Internet system assisting/motivating a population of users interested in information about certain categories of subjects to automatically maintain the database content and to improve the usefulness and quality of the database information without any substantial management by the website owner-manager. The user opinions are primarily in the form of both comments and ratings about which natural-language terms best describe a particular subject, enabling user searches of the subject database to be by way of preferred such descriptive natural-language terms, which terms are further preferred to be evaluative and approving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Inventors: Gregory J. Petras, Richard W. Hill, Andrew F. Mason, Cory Osborn, Flori N. Parham, Connie Riffel, Rachael A. Thomas, Craig P. Thompson, Jeffrey T. Zywicki
  • System for Creating and Maintaining a Database of Information Utilizing User Options
    Publication number: 20100198834
    Abstract: A system for automatically creating and maintaining a database of information utilizing user opinions about subjects, particularly exceptional experiences. Described is an Internet system assisting/motivating a population of users interested in information about certain categories of subjects to automatically maintain the database content and to improve the usefulness and quality of the database information without any substantial management by the website owner-manager. The user opinions are primarily in the form of both comments and ratings about which natural-language terms best describe a particular subject, enabling user searches of the subject database to be by way of preferred such descriptive natural-language terms, which terms are further preferred to be evaluative and approving.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2010
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: QUICK COMMENTS INC
    Inventors: Gregory J. Petras, Richard W. Hill, Andrew F. Mason, Cory Osborn, Flori N. Parham, Connie Riffel, Rachael A. Thomas, Craig P. Thompson, Jeffrey T. Zywicki
  • System for creating and maintaining a database of information utilizing user opinions
    Patent number: 7664747
    Abstract: A system for automatically creating and maintaining a database of information utilizing user opinions about subjects, particularly exceptional experiences. Described is an Internet system assisting/motivating a population of users interested in information about certain categories of subjects to automatically maintain the database content and to improve the usefulness and quality of the database information without any substantial management by the website owner-manager. The user opinions are primarily in the form of both comments and ratings about which natural-language terms best describe a particular subject, enabling user searches of the subject database to be by way of preferred such descriptive natural-language terms, which terms are further preferred to be evaluative and approving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Inventors: Gregory J. Petras, Richard W. Hill, Andrew F. Mason, Cory Osborn, Flori N. Parham, Connie Riffel, Rachael A. Thomas, Craig P. Thompson, Jeffrey T. Zywicki
  • System for creating and maintaining a database of information utilizing user opinions
    Patent number: 7143089
    Abstract: A system for automatically creating and maintaining a database of information utilizing user opinions about subjects, particularly exceptional experiences. Described is an Internet system assisting/motivating a population of users interested in information about certain categories of subjects to automatically maintain the database content and to improve the usefulness and quality of the database information without any substantial management by the website owner-manager. The user opinions are primarily in the form of both comments and ratings about which natural-language terms best describe a particular subject, enabling user searches of the subject database to be by way of preferred such descriptive natural-language terms, which terms are further preferred to be evaluative and approving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: Involve Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory J. Petras, Richard W. Hill, Andrew F. Mason, Cory Osborn, Flori N. Parham, Connie Riffel, Rachael A. Thomas, Craig P. Thompson, Jeffrey T. Zywicki
  • System for creating and maintaining a database of information utilizing user opinions
    Publication number: 20040205065
    Abstract: A system for automatically creating and maintaining a database of information utilizing user opinions about subjects, particularly exceptional experiences. Described is an Internet system assisting/motivating a population of users interested in information about certain categories of subjects to automatically maintain the database content and to improve the usefulness and quality of the database information without any substantial management by the website owner-manager. The user opinions are primarily in the form of both comments and ratings about which natural-language terms best describe a particular subject, enabling user searches of the subject database to be by way of preferred such descriptive natural-language terms, which terms are further preferred to be evaluative and approving.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2003
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Inventors: Gregory J. Petras, Jeffrey T. Zywicki, Flori N. Parham, Mark A. Fisher, Robert R. Martin, Andrew F. Mason, Cory Osborn, Lisa J. Cramer, Craig P. Thompson, Norman White, Gary D. Mellott, Kimberly A. Cameron, Kory Kredit, Rachael A. Thomas, Connie Riffel, Richard W. Hill
  • System for creating and maintaining a database of information utilizing user opinions
    Publication number: 20010047290
    Abstract: A system for automatically creating and maintaining a database of information utilizing user opinions about subjects, particularly exceptional experiences. Described is an Internet system assisting/motivating a population of users interested in information about certain categories of subjects to automatically maintain the database content and to improve the usefulness and quality of the database information without any substantial management by the website owner-manager. The user opinions are primarily in the form of both comments and ratings about which natural-language terms best describe a particular subject, enabling user searches of the subject database to be by way of preferred such descriptive natural-language terms, which terms are further preferred to be evaluative and approving.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2001
    Publication date: November 29, 2001
    Inventors: Gregory J. Petras, Richard W. Hill, Andrew F. Mason, Cory Osborn, Flori N. Parham, Connie Riffel, Rachael A. Thomas, Craig P. Thompson, Jeffrey T. Zywicki