Patents by Inventor Kathleen Jennings

Kathleen Jennings 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: 20170161685
    Abstract: Systems and methods for searching for professionals within an online community. In an embodiment, a database is provided having member information for each of a plurality of members, including professional members and non-professional members. Activity information concerning one or more interactions between one or more of the professional members and a web application is tracked and stored. In addition, feedback information received for one or more of the professional members is tracked and stored. Search requests may be received, and for each of the search requests, two or more of the professional members may be identified based on member information and search criteria, an order can be determined for the identified professional members based on the stored activity information and feedback information, and a list can be generated including the identified professional members in the determined order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventor: Kathleen JENNINGS
  • Publication number: 20140222702
    Abstract: Systems and methods for searching for professionals within an online community. In an embodiment, a database is provided comprising member information for each of a plurality of members, including professional members and non-professional members. Activity information concerning one or more interactions between one or more of the professional members and a web application is tracked and stored. In addition, feedback information received for one or more of the professional members is tracked and stored. Search requests may be received, and for each of the search requests, two or more of the professional members may be identified based on member information and search criteria, an order can be determined for the identified professional members based on the stored activity information and feedback information, and a list can be generated comprising the identified professional members in the determined order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: TaxConnections, Inc.
    Inventor: Kathleen Jennings
  • Publication number: 20130262258
    Abstract: Systems and methods for selecting a tax professional. In an embodiment, one or more search criteria are received from a user. In addition, rating information is generated and associated with each of a plurality of professional users. The plurality of professional users may be filtered based on the one or more search criteria and the rating information to identify a subset of one or more professional users. The identified subset of one or more professional users is then provided to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Inventor: Kathleen Jennings
  • Patent number: 7743430
    Abstract: A gun concealment garment such as a vest including a vest side including an outer layer and an inner liner connected at an arm hole and a center seam, the outer layer and the inner liner forming a concealing pocket. A concealed holster pocket within the concealing pocket, the concealed holster pocket adapted to hold a gun. The concealed holster pocket supported from the center seam such that the weight of a gun carried in the concealed holster pocket is supported directly by the shoulder of a wearer reducing the tendency for the gun to map and increasing the comfort of a wearer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Inventors: Kathleen Jennings, Diana Ruggles
  • Publication number: 20050223466
    Abstract: A gun concealment garment such as a vest including a vest side including an outer layer and an inner liner connected at an arm hole and a center seam, the outer layer and the inner liner forming a concealing pocket. A concealed holster pocket within the concealing pocket, the concealed holster pocket adapted to hold a gun. The concealed holster pocket supported from the center seam such that the weight of a gun carried in the concealed holster pocket is supported directly by the shoulder of a wearer reducing the tendency for the gun to map and increasing the comfort of a wearer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2005
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Inventors: Kathleen Jennings, Diana Ruggles