Patents by Inventor Stacey Donovan

Stacey Donovan 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: 20170099235
    Abstract: Disclosed is a computerized system for evaluating and modifying a technology change. The system typically includes a processor, a memory, and a change evaluation and modification module stored in the memory. The system for is typically configured for: receiving complexity data associated with a technology change; determining a complexity score for the technology change based on the complexity data; receiving change implementation context data associated with the technology change; determining a change implementation context score for the technology change based on the change implementation context data; receiving resource allocation data associated with the technology change; determining a resource allocation score for the technology change based on the resource allocation data; and modifying implementation of the technology change based on the complexity score, change implementation context score, and resource allocation score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Inventors: Annette H. Kellermann, Angela Barbarito Lukin, Chih-Heng Wuu, Stacey Donovan, Robert J. Maloney
  • Patent number: 7252225
    Abstract: A stored-value card including a first surface and a second surface. The first surface stores data adapted to be read by an electronic device to perform at least one interactive activity. The second surface is opposite the first surface. The second surface includes account indicia signifying a financial account linked to the stored-value card, and brand indicia relating to a retail setting configured to redeem the stored-value card. The at least one interactive activity includes displaying at least one of a character, an object, a textual passage, and a symbol associated with the retail setting. Financial transaction card assemblies, packaged stored-value cards, and methods of using such cards are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Schultz, Stacey Donovan
  • Publication number: 20060118616
    Abstract: A stored-value card including a first surface and a second surface. The first surface stores data adapted to be read by an electronic device to perform at least one interactive activity. The second surface is opposite the first surface. The second surface includes account indicia signifying a financial account linked to the stored-value card, and brand indicia relating to a retail setting configured to redeem the stored-value card. The at least one interactive activity includes displaying at least one of a character, an object, a textual passage, and a symbol associated with the retail setting. Financial transaction card assemblies, packaged stored-value cards, and methods of using such cards are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2004
    Publication date: June 8, 2006
    Inventors: Mark Schultz, Stacey Donovan
  • Publication number: 20060118618
    Abstract: A stored-value card including a first surface and a second surface. The first surface stores data adapted to be read by an electronic device to perform at least one interactive activity. The second surface is opposite the first surface. The second surface includes account indicia signifying a financial account linked to the stored-value card, and brand indicia relating to a retail setting configured to redeem the stored-value card. The at least one interactive activity includes displaying at least one of a character, an object, a textual passage, and a symbol associated with the retail setting. Financial transaction card assemblies, packaged stored-value cards, and methods of using such cards are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2006
    Publication date: June 8, 2006
    Inventors: Mark Schultz, Stacey Donovan
  • Patent number: 7055740
    Abstract: A stored-value card including a first surface and a second surface. The first surface stores data adapted to be read by an electronic device to perform at least one interactive activity. The second surface is opposite the first surface. The second surface includes account indicia signifying a financial account linked to the stored-value card, and brand indicia relating to a retail setting configured to redeem the stored-value card. The at least one interactive activity includes displaying at least one of a character, an object, a textual passage, and a symbol associated with the retail setting. Financial transaction card assemblies, packaged stored-value cards, and methods of using such cards are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Schultz, Stacey Donovan