Patents by Inventor Michael Jerome Senger

Michael Jerome Senger 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: 20210110911
    Abstract: Systems and methods for incentivizing a user to satisfy a goal for attending twelve step meetings. The method includes the steps of: providing the user with a mobile device; detecting the presence of the mobile device at a first location and at a first time selected by the user; comparing the first time and the first location to a database of approved meetings, wherein the comparing is substantially contemporaneous with the first time; and providing a reward to the user upon confirming that: i) the first time and the first location correspond to an approved meeting; and ii) the user is proximate the mobile device at the first time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventor: Michael Jerome Senger
  • Patent number: 10841730
    Abstract: Systems and methods for incentivizing a user to satisfy a goal for attending twelve step meetings. The method includes the steps of: providing the user with a mobile device; detecting the presence of the mobile device at a first location and at a first time selected by the user; comparing the first time and the first location to a database of approved meetings, wherein the comparing is substantially contemporaneous with the first time; and providing a reward to the user upon confirming that: i) the first time and the first location correspond to an approved meeting; and ii) the user is proximate the mobile device at the first time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Inventor: Michael Jerome Senger
  • Publication number: 20180139574
    Abstract: Systems and methods for incentivizing a user to satisfy a goal for attending twelve step meetings. The method includes the steps of: providing the user with a mobile device; detecting the presence of the mobile device at a first location and at a first time selected by the user; comparing the first time and the first location to a database of approved meetings, wherein the comparing is substantially contemporaneous with the first time; and providing a reward to the user upon confirming that: i) the first time and the first location correspond to an approved meeting; and ii) the user is proximate the mobile device at the first time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventor: Michael Jerome Senger