Patents by Inventor Sarah Charlene Ramkissoon

Sarah Charlene Ramkissoon 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).

  • INTERNET CONTEST
    Publication number: 20120157177
    Abstract: In general, the invention relates to providing infrastructure, process controls, and software to design, advertise, and implement an on-line contest in which participants in the contest search the Internet for a target in order to earn a reward. Hints and/or hidden objects may provide clues as to where to look for the reward, how to claim the reward, and what the reward is. The reward is funded by participating web site owners who reserve, in some embodiments via an auction, the opportunity to “host” the target during a contest or a portion of a contest, and as a result, drive traffic to their respective web sites.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Inventors: John M. Hughes, Michael Lydon, John Clayton Bollinger, Sarah Charlene Ramkissoon, Donald Cruver
  • Internet contest
    Patent number: 8109819
    Abstract: In general, the invention relates to providing infrastructure, process controls, and software to design, advertise, and implement an on-line contest in which participants in the contest search the Internet for a target in order to earn a reward. Hints and/or hidden objects may provide clues as to where to look for the reward, how to claim the reward, and what the reward is. The reward is funded by participating web site owners who reserve, in some embodiments via an auction, the opportunity to “host” the target during a contest or a portion of a contest, and as a result, drive traffic to their respective web sites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: TopCoder, Inc.
    Inventors: John M. Hughes, Michael Lydon, John Clayton Bollinger, Sarah Charlene Ramkissoon, Donald Cruver