Patents by Inventor Sheila Kelly
Sheila Kelly 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).
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Patent number: 8595023Abstract: A weight control software system and method may provide an interactive software environment to a user via a network to enhance the ability of users to follow a weight control program. The weight control software system may generate meal plans that are automatically updated based on an updated weight of the user following the weight control program. A variety of tools may be integrated into the weight control software system and be interoperable to utilize information entered by the user or generated by the system in controlling body weight of the user. Such tools may include journal and meal planning functionality.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2004Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignees: Weight Watchers International, Inc., WeightWatchers.com, Inc.Inventors: David Kirchhoff, Lisa Connelly, Anna Crook, Sheila Kelly, Karen Miller-Kovach, Amie Perl, Palma Posillico, Thilo Semmelbauer, Amy Sheppard
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Patent number: 7523040Abstract: A system for tracking and facilitating control of body weight of a person including a computing device to execute software elements including a weight tracker to receive undated body weights from the user and to display a graphical representation of the body weight of the person over time, a journal to display food items consumed by the person, and a display to present the graphical representation of the body weight of the person over time to the person, the graphical representation including at least one user selectable indicia consisting of at least one point on the graphical representation of the body weight of the person over time indicative of a past time period, which, when selected displays the food items consumed during the past time period, the graphical representation including a plurality of milestones plotted on the graphical representation indicative of weight targets reached by the individual over time.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2003Date of Patent: April 21, 2009Assignees: Weight Watchers International, Inc., WEIGHTWATCHERS.COM, Inc.Inventors: David Kirchhoff, Lisa Connelly, Anna Crook, Sheila Kelly, Karen Miller-Kovach, Amie Perl, Palma Posillico, Thilo Semmelbauer, Amy Sheppard
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Patent number: 7361143Abstract: A weight control software system and method may provide an interactive software environment to a user via a network to enhance the ability of users to follow a weight control program. The weight control software system may generate meal plans that are automatically updated based on an updated weight of the user following the weight control program. A variety of tools may be integrated into the weight control software system and be interoperable to utilize information entered by the user or generated by the system in controlling body weight of the user. Such tools may include varying meal plan types and varying schemes for generating meal plans.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2004Date of Patent: April 22, 2008Assignees: WEIGHTWATCHERS.COM, Inc., Weight Watchers International, Inc.Inventors: David Kirchhoff, Lisa Connelly, Anna Crook, Sheila Kelly, Karen Miller-Kovach, Amie Perl, Palma Posillico, Thilo Semmelbauer, Amy Sheppard
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Publication number: 20050021371Abstract: A system and method for facilitating weight control provides dieters with the ability to maintain food consumption within the general rules of a weight control program and to maintain motivation in following these rules, incorporates a hand-held computing device to facilitate use of the system, provides the ability to update at least some information on either a server portion of the system or the hand-held computing device and then to synchronize the pertinent information therebetween at a later time, does not rely solely upon costly and often unreliable wireless communications, is not cumbersome to use, and is conducive to keeping information up-to-date.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2004Publication date: January 27, 2005Inventors: Michael Basone, Michael Laginestra, Joseph McKee, Sharon Huang, Sheila Kelly, Scott Parlee, Donna Filkin, Jeffrey Fiarman
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Publication number: 20050021361Abstract: A system for facilitating the control of body weight of a user includes a hand-held computing device having weight control software executing thereon for maintaining a meal plan for the user. The hand-held computing device includes a comprehensive information database having comprehensive information relating to a plurality of at least one of foods, exercises and meals stored thereon, a favorites information database having favorites information relating to at least one of favorite foods, favorite exercises and favorite meals of the user stored thereon, the favorites information being a subset of the comprehensive information, a display operable to present to the user the meal plan and the favorites information, and an input/output device operable to provide an interface for the user to operate the weight control software in order to select at least one favorite food, favorite exercise or favorite meal from the favorites information so as to manipulate the meal plan.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2004Publication date: January 27, 2005Inventors: Sharon Huang, Sheila Kelly, Scott Parlee, Donna Filkin, Jeffrey Fiarman, Karen Miller-Kovach
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Publication number: 20040210456Abstract: A weight control software system and method may provide an interactive software environment to a user via a network to enhance the ability of users to follow a weight control program. The weight control software system may generate meal plans that are automatically updated based on an updated weight of the user following the weight control program. A variety of tools may be integrated into the weight control software system and be interoperable to utilize information entered by the user or generated by the system in controlling body weight of the user. Such tools may include varying meal plan types and varying schemes for generating meal plans.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2004Publication date: October 21, 2004Inventors: David Kirchhoff, Lisa Connelly, Anna Crook, Sheila Kelly, Karen Miller-Kovach, Amie Perl, Palma Posillico, Thilo Semmelbauer, Amy Sheppard
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Publication number: 20040210459Abstract: A weight control software system and method may provide an interactive software environment to a user via a network to enhance the ability of users to follow a weight control program. The weight control software system may generate meal plans that are automatically updated based on an updated weight of the user following the weight control program. A variety of tools may be integrated into the weight control software system and be interoperable to utilize information entered by the user or generated by the system in controlling body weight of the user. Such tools may include a recipe builder which may allow users to exchange recipes.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2004Publication date: October 21, 2004Inventors: David Kirchhoff, Lisa Connelly, Anna Crook, Sheila Kelly, Karen Miller-Kovach, Amie Perl, Palma Posillico, Thilo Semmelbauer, Amy Sheppard
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Publication number: 20040204955Abstract: A weight control software system and method may provide an interactive software environment to a user via a network to enhance the ability of users to follow a weight control program. The weight control software system may generate meal plans that are automatically updated based on an updated weight of the user following the weight control program. A variety of tools may be integrated into the weight control software system and be interoperable to utilize information entered by the user or generated by the system in controlling body weight of the user. The system includes a foods and activities database which may allow the user to create a favorites list.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2004Publication date: October 14, 2004Inventors: David Kirchhoff, Lisa Connelly, Anna Crook, Sheila Kelly, Karen Miller-Kovach, Amie Perl, Palma Posillico, Thilo Semmelbauer, Amy Sheppard
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Publication number: 20040171925Abstract: A weight control software system and method may provide an interactive software environment to a user via a network to enhance the ability of users to follow a weight control program. The weight control software system may generate meal plans that are automatically updated based on an updated weight of the user following the weight control program. A variety of tools may be integrated into the weight control software system and be interoperable to utilize information entered by the user or generated by the system in controlling body weight of the user. Such tools may include journal and meal planning functionality.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2004Publication date: September 2, 2004Inventors: David Kirchhoff, Lisa Connelly, Anna Crook, Sheila Kelly, Karen Miller-Kovach, Amie Perl, Palma Posillico, Thilo Semmelbauer, Amy Sheppard
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Publication number: 20030187683Abstract: A weight control software system and method may provide an interactive software environment to a user via a network to enhance the ability of users to follow a weight control program. The weight control software system may generate meal plans that are automatically updated based on an updated weight of the user following the weight control program. A variety of tools may be integrated into the weight control software system and be interoperable to utilize information entered by the user or generated by the system in controlling body weight of the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2003Publication date: October 2, 2003Applicants: Weight Watchers. Com, Inc., Weight Watchers International, Inc.Inventors: David Kirchhoff, Lisa Connelly, Anna Crook, Sheila Kelly, Karen Miller-Kovach, Amie Perl, Palma Posillico, Thilo Semmelbauer, Amy Sheppard
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Patent number: D705075Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2013Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.Inventors: Sheila Kelly Zwettler, Jamie Erin Waldrup
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Patent number: D722887Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2014Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.Inventors: Sheila Kelly Zwettler, Jamie Erin Waldrup
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Patent number: D728035Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2013Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.Inventors: Ashley L. Kneller, Sheila Kelly Zwettler, Siu Ling Martinez
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Patent number: D730192Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2014Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: Target Brands, IncInventors: Sheila Kelly Zwettler, Jamie Erin Waldrup
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Patent number: D796376Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2015Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: TARGET BRANDS, INC.Inventors: Sheila Kelly Zwettler, Anna Maria Bofinger