Patents by Inventor Jonathan T. Eckhardt

Jonathan T. Eckhardt 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).

  • Patent number: 11676053
    Abstract: In some embodiments, systems, methods, and media for automatically identifying entrepreneurial individuals in a population using individual and population level data are provided. In some embodiments, a system is provided, comprising: a database storing: grades and identifying information for classes; a hardware processor configured to: calculate, for each class, a difficulty value based on the grade for each individual; modify grades associated with the individual based on the difficulties; determine a variance using the modified grades; determine an average variance; determine that the variance for a first individual is larger average; determine that the first individual is more likely than average to be entrepreneurial; in response to determining that the first individual is more likely than average to be entrepreneurial, add identifying information of the first student to a second database of potential entrepreneurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignees: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, University of Maryland, College Park
    Inventors: Jonathan T. Eckhardt, Bekhzod Khoshimov, Brent Goldfarb
  • Publication number: 20220245491
    Abstract: In some embodiments, systems, methods, and media for automatically identifying entrepreneurial individuals in a population using individual and population level data are provided. In some embodiments, a system is provided, comprising: a database storing: grades and identifying information for classes; a hardware processor configured to: calculate, for each class, a difficulty value based on the grade for each individual; modify grades associated with the individual based on the difficulties; determine a variance using the modified grades; determine an average variance; determine that the variance for a first individual is larger average; determine that the first individual is more likely than average to be entrepreneurial; in response to determining that the first individual is more likely than average to be entrepreneurial, add identifying information of the first student to a second database of potential entrepreneurs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicants: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, University of Maryland, College Park
    Inventors: Jonathan T. Eckhardt, Bekhzod Khoshimov, Brent Goldfarb
  • Patent number: 11308411
    Abstract: In some embodiments, systems, methods, and media for automatically identifying entrepreneurial individuals in a population using individual and population level data are provided. In some embodiments, a system is provided, comprising: a database storing: grades and identifying information for classes; a hardware processor configured to: calculate, for each class, a difficulty value based on the grade for each individual; modify grades associated with the individual based on the difficulties; determine a variance using the modified grades; determine an average variance; determine that the variance for a first individual is larger average; determine that the first individual is more likely than average to be entrepreneurial; in response to determining that the first individual is more likely than average to be entrepreneurial, add identifying information of the first student to a second database of potential entrepreneurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignees: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, University of Maryland, College Park
    Inventors: Jonathan T. Eckhardt, Bekhzod Khoshimov, Brent Goldfarb
  • Publication number: 20190340530
    Abstract: In some embodiments, systems, methods, and media for automatically identifying entrepreneurial individuals in a population using individual and population level data are provided. In some embodiments, a system is provided, comprising: a database storing: grades and identifying information for classes; a hardware processor configured to: calculate, for each class, a difficulty value based on the grade for each individual; modify grades associated with the individual based on the difficulties; determine a variance using the modified grades; determine an average variance; determine that the variance for a first individual is larger average; determine that the first individual is more likely than average to be entrepreneurial; in response to determining that the first individual is more likely than average to be entrepreneurial, add identifying information of the first student to a second database of potential entrepreneurs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Jonathan T. Eckhardt, Bekhzod Khoshimov