Patents by Inventor Scott Douglas Faulkner

Scott Douglas Faulkner 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: 20120158750
    Abstract: Various aspects and embodiments of the present invention relate to providing a medical application with access to medical information from validated medical information experts. The medical information experts can be validated by scoring attributes of a purported medical information expert, generating a rank based on the score, and comparing the score to a pre-set threshold. The medical information from validated medical information experts can be stored in a knowledge database. A request from a medical application can be received and used to search the knowledge database to generate a response to the request that includes part of the medical information. The response can be provided to the medical application in a format that can be customized by the medical application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2012
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: INTERFIX, LLC
    Inventors: SCOTT DOUGLAS FAULKNER, GARY EDWARD HIGBIE
  • Patent number: 8145644
    Abstract: Various aspects and embodiments of the present invention relate to providing a medical application with access to medical information from validated medical information experts. The medical information experts can be validated by scoring attributes of a purported medical information expert, generating a rank based on the score, and comparing the score to a pre-set threshold. The medical information from validated medical information experts can be stored in a knowledge database. A request from a medical application can be received and used to search the knowledge database to generate a response to the request that includes part of the medical information. The response can be provided to the medical application in a format that can be customized by the medical application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Interfix, LLC
    Inventors: Scott Douglas Faulkner, Gary Edward Higbie
  • Publication number: 20090037474
    Abstract: Various aspects and embodiments of the present invention relate to providing a medical application with access to medical information from validated medical information experts. The medical information experts can be validated by scoring attributes of a purported medical information expert, generating a rank based on the score, and comparing the score to a pre-set threshold. The medical information from validated medical information experts can be stored in a knowledge database. A request from a medical application can be received and used to search the knowledge database to generate a response to the request that includes part of the medical information. The response can be provided to the medical application in a format that can be customized by the medical application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Inventors: Scott Douglas Faulkner, Gary Edward Higbie