Patents by Inventor Jennifer L. Hopkins

Jennifer L. Hopkins 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: 20250024915
    Abstract: A vacuum system for a wearable article includes an adjustable element operable to form at least a portion of the wearable article. The adjustable element includes a bladder that defines an exterior surface and an interior void and a port disposed on the exterior surface of the bladder. The port is operable to provide selective communication with the interior void of the bladder. The vacuum system also includes a pump operable to automatically draw a predetermined volume of fluid out of the interior void upon engagement with the port to move the adjustable element from a relaxed state to a constricted state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Applicant: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer L. Bishop, Timothy P. Hopkins, Nicholas R. Long, Nadia M. Panian, Aaron K. Seid, Jeffrey C. Spanks
  • Patent number: 10235901
    Abstract: This specification generally relates to automated training and evaluation of employees. One example method includes presenting a clothing selection task to an employee, the clothing selection task including providing categories of clothing items to the employee and directing the employee to select a clothing item for each of the categories, and associated with a training scenario including evaluation criteria for evaluating the clothing items selected by the employee; in response to presenting the clothing selection task to the employee, identifying a set of clothing item selections by the employee associated with the categories included in the clothing selection task; in response to identifying the set of clothing item selections, automatically evaluating the set of clothing item selections based on the evaluation criteria included in the training scenario associated with the clothing selection task; and presenting a result of automatically evaluating the set of clothing item selections to the employee.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventors: Jocelyn A. Fry, Jennifer L. Hopkins
  • Publication number: 20160225283
    Abstract: This specification generally relates to automated training and evaluation of employees. One example method includes presenting a clothing selection task to an employee, the clothing selection task including providing categories of clothing items to the employee and directing the employee to select a clothing item for each of the categories, and associated with a training scenario including evaluation criteria for evaluating the clothing items selected by the employee; in response to presenting the clothing selection task to the employee, identifying a set of clothing item selections by the employee associated with the categories included in the clothing selection task; in response to identifying the set of clothing item selections, automatically evaluating the set of clothing item selections based on the evaluation criteria included in the training scenario associated with the clothing selection task; and presenting a result of automatically evaluating the set of clothing item selections to the employee.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Jocelyn A. Fry, Jennifer L. Hopkins