Patents by Inventor Kent A. Jordan

Kent A. Jordan 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: 20070004516
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus, system and method for playing interactive distributed gaming. One embodiment of the method comprises transmitting a performance prediction to a scoring database on a game server and determining an actual performance outcome. The actual performance outcome representation is transmitted to a remote terminal. The performance prediction is scored based on the actual performance outcome. In at least one embodiment, a predetermined ruleset is used to score the performance prediction based on the actual performance outcome.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2005
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Inventors: Kent Jordan, Jose Fernandes
  • Publication number: 20060089199
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for playing an interactive real time distributed game including receiving at a scoring database a next play prediction for a sporting event from a remote terminal, determining an actual play outcome for the sporting event, transmitting an actual play outcome representation to the remote terminal, and scoring the play prediction based on the actual play outcome and a predetermined offensive scoring ruleset. In one embodiment, the sporting event is a football game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2005
    Publication date: April 27, 2006
    Inventors: Kent Jordan, Jose Maria de Veigo Fernandes
  • Patent number: 5209572
    Abstract: A thin profile drawer slide apparatus for slidably supporting a heavy drawer in an article of furniture, comprising outside channels for slidably attaching the apparatus to a drawer and an article of furniture, a plurality of bearings slidably retained in the channels by parallel, opposed bearing retainers, and by a one-piece, generally "I"-shaped intermediate slide member or retaining member unitarily formed with top and bottom parallel raceway means for guiding the bearing retainers. Use of a single intermediate slide member with raceways for four separate sets of bearings enables construction of a thin, strong drawer slide for carrying heavy loads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1993
    Assignee: Accuride International, Inc.
    Inventor: Kent A. Jordan