Patents by Inventor Rodney L. Paulson

Rodney L. Paulson 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: 20150024831
    Abstract: A method, system and program product comprise entering at least one estimate of a decimal value of a parameter that is measurable from a predetermined event category. At least the estimate value is stored in a non-transitory computer-readable storage media. One or more computer processers combine the estimate with at least one determined entry allowance value to produce at least one winning range values. The determined entry allowance value and the winning range values are stored with the estimate value. The one or more computer processors receive the parameter, determine the decimal value, determine at least one winning estimate by, at least in part, calculation using the decimal value and the stored values, and communicate the determination of the winning estimate. The determination of the winning estimate is received wherein a winning estimate is awardable a prize.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventor: Rodney L. Paulson
  • Patent number: 5398941
    Abstract: A method for conducting racing events begins with the determination of the number of lanes to be utilized in all of the individual races of the overall competition. Each racing competition includes a plurality of individual sprint races preferably equal in number to the predetermined number of lanes being utilized. Each competitor for the entire racing competition is assigned a predetermined speed ranking, and then the competitors are aligned for the individual sprint races. The competitor with the highest speed ranking is aligned in the first lane of the first sprint, and subsequent competitors in order of descending speed ranking are aligned in the first lane of subsequent sprints until the first lane of each individual sprint is filled. The remaining competitors are then aligned in the second lane of each sprint, again in descending speed ranking order. Any subsequent lanes are aligned in the same fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1995
    Inventor: Rodney L. Paulson