Patents by Inventor Michael D. Alvarez-Cohen

Michael D. Alvarez-Cohen 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).

  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONDUCTING PUBLIC FORUMS
    Publication number: 20110219071
    Abstract: A method for conducting a public forum of a government agency includes, in a public forum processor, receiving a statement from a submitter, the statement related to the public forum of the government agency and processing the submitted statement including assigning the submitted statement to a list of pending statements, evaluating the submitted statement according to civility criteria of the public forum of the government agency, and on the basis of said civility evaluation, assigning the submitted statement to a list of approved statements. The method also includes sending a pending statement in response to a request for the list of pending statements, including the content of the pending statement and information related to said civility evaluation of the pending statement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: Peak Democracy, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert A. Vogel, Michael D. Alvarez-Cohen