Patents by Inventor Rafeek Kottai

Rafeek Kottai 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: 20130018838
    Abstract: The present invention provides a structured sentiment expression and management system and method. The present invention can receive sentiment content from at least two contributing users, wherein the received content is structured according to a specific human emotion, gesture or feeling and a level of intensity of the specific human emotion, gesture or feeling. The present invention further displays the received content in a pre-defined and use-selected sentiment category related to the specific human emotion, gesture or feeling. In one embodiment, the present invention can calculate a series of statistical measurements associated with the user-structured sentiment content, apply each measurement of the series of measurements to a respective scale to obtain a scaled score for each measurement and determine a social influence score based upon the scaled scores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Inventors: Tracey J. Parnaby, Nicholas Parnaby, Rafeek Kottai
  • Publication number: 20130018698
    Abstract: The present invention provides a structured sentiment expression and management system and method. The present invention can receive sentiment content from at least two contributing users, wherein the received content is structured according to a specific human emotion, gesture or feeling and a level of intensity of the specific human emotion, gesture or feeling. The present invention further displays the received content in a pre-defined and user-selected sentiment category related to the specific human emotion, gesture or feeling. In one embodiment, the present invention facilitates the provision of situation-based value, service or response by permitting outside users to receive and respond to sentiment expressions, as well as by permitting contributing users to submit requests for situation-based value, service or response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Inventors: Tracey J. Parnaby, Nicholas Parnaby, Rafeek Kottai
  • Publication number: 20130018685
    Abstract: The present invention provides a structured sentiment expression and management system and method. The present invention can receive sentiment content from at least two contributing users, wherein the received content is structured according to a specific human emotion, gesture or feeling and a level of intensity of the specific human emotion, gesture or feeling. The present invention further displays the received content in a pre-defined and user-selected sentiment category related to the specific human emotion, gesture or feeling. In one embodiment, the present invention can initiate a contest requiring sentiment content in order to evaluate the winner. In one embodiment, the present invention can receive a request from a requester for a crowdsourcing task and, based upon determined social influence ratings, assign the task to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Inventors: Tracey J. Parnaby, Nicholas Parnaby, Rafeek Kottai
  • Publication number: 20130018957
    Abstract: The present invention provides a structured sentiment expression and management system and method. The present invention can receive sentiment content from at least two contributing users, wherein the received content is structured according to a specific human emotion, gesture or feeling and a level of intensity of the specific human emotion, gesture or feeling. The present invention further displays the received content in a pre-defined and user-selected sentiment category related to the specific human emotion, gesture or feeling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Inventors: Tracey J. Parnaby, Nicholas Pamaby, Rafeek Kottai