Patents by Inventor José A. B. Fortes

José A. B. Fortes 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).

  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ASSESSING COMPUTER APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20140156547
    Abstract: Methods for assessing the effectiveness of computer applications are disclosed. Methods and systems for creating studies to assess computer applications are also disclosed. An assessable computer application may be created by storing application activities and assessment activities in a database, defining study arms for assessing a computer application, defining each study arm with a computer by receiving selections of application activities and assessment activities from the database, and storing the defined study arms as a study for assessing the effectiveness of the computer application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
    Inventors: FLAURA KOPLIN WINSTON, Nancy Kassam-Adams, José A. B. Fortes
  • Time-mode analog computation circuits and methods
    Patent number: 7596589
    Abstract: A time-mode analog computation circuit is provided. The time-mode analog computation circuit includes one or more inputs for receiving one or more temporal input signals. The time-mode analog computation circuit further includes circuitry for performing a mathematical operation based on the one or more temporal input signals. A result of the mathematical operation is expressed in a timing of an output signal generated by the circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2009
    Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Vishnu V. Ravinuthula, John G. Harris, Jose A. B. Fortes