Patents by Inventor Timothy P. CHARTIER

Timothy P. CHARTIER 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).

  • System and process for ranking content on social networks such as twitter
    Patent number: 9311620
    Abstract: A system and process for ranking at least one of the quality and importance of content on a social network is disclosed. The system and process include monitoring one of actions and information of social network users, determining whether the actions or information of the social network users fits a predefined definition of a game between at least two social network users, determining the results of the game between the at least two social network users, applying a sports ranking algorithm to the results between the at least two social network users, and determining a rank of at least one of the quality and importance of content of the social network users based on an outcome of the sports ranking algorithm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignees: Trustees of Davidson College, College of Charleston
    Inventors: Timothy P. Chartier, Amy N. Langville, Lake Trask
  • SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR RANKING CONTENT ON SOCIAL NETWORKS SUCH AS TWITTER
    Publication number: 20120102113
    Abstract: A system and process for ranking at least one of the quality and importance of content on a social network is disclosed. The system and process include monitoring one of actions and information of social network users, determining whether the actions or information of the social network users fits a predefined definition of a game between at least two social network users, determining the results of the game between the at least two social network users, applying a sports ranking algorithm to the results between the at least two social network users, and determining a rank of at least one of the quality and importance of content of the social network users based on an outcome of the sports ranking algorithm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: DAVIDSON COLLEGE
    Inventors: Timothy P. CHARTIER, Amy N. Langville, Lake Trask