Patents by Inventor Joseph M. DiGregorio

Joseph M. DiGregorio 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: 7912898
    Abstract: A system and method is provided for enabling respondents at their computer systems to connect via a browser with a server computer over a network, such as the Internet, and receive an initial set of survey questions on one or more pages during which primary images are downloaded into the browser's cache but are not presented to each respondent as they are each displayed into a small (e.g. 1 by 1) pixel area on display of the respondent's computer system and thus are not detectable by respondents. After receiving answers to such questions for each of the respondents, the server computer directs the browser of each respondent computer with at least one survey question in which the primary image is displayed from the browser's cache for a brief interval of time to the respondent, and the respondent answers the question with respect to the primary image. Different survey questions may be presented to the respondent having different timed displayed primary images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Harris Interactive, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Gold, Randall K. Thomas, Joseph M. DiGregorio
  • Patent number: 7302475
    Abstract: A system and method is provided for enabling respondents at their computer systems to connect via a browser with a server computer over a network and receive an initial set of survey questions on one or more pages during which primary images are downloaded into the browser's cache but are not presented to each respondent as they are each displayed into a small pixel area on display of the respondent's computer system and thus are not detectable or are not discernable by respondents. The server computer directs the browser of each respondent computer with at least one survey question in which the primary image is displayed from the browser's cache for a brief interval of time to the respondent, and the respondent answers the question with respect to the primary image. After each timed displayed primary image, survey question answer(s) are registered at the server computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: Harris Interactive, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Gold, Randall K. Thomas, Joseph M. DiGregorio