Patents by Inventor Michael D. Gilvar

Michael D. Gilvar 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: 20100094684
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to marketing and provide a novel and non-obvious method, computer system and computer program product for collecting information at experience marketing events. In one embodiment of the invention, a method for collecting information from participants at an experience marketing event is provided. The method can include collecting written information from a participant at a computer terminal and collecting location information from the participant in a defined location of the experience marketing event, wherein the location information is collected from an electronic marker worn by the participant. The method may further include collecting game play data from the participant via a video game provided at the experience marketing event and recording the written information, the location information and the game play data in a record associated with an identity of the participant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Richard S. Weldon, David K. Hess, Michael D. Gilvar, Eugene C. Wardynski