Patents by Inventor Valerie Leach

Valerie Leach 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: 20120183937
    Abstract: Servers are presented for facilitating performance recognition among a plurality of users. A server may store in a storage medium data associated with a plurality of user recognition spaces. Each user recognition space can be associated with a respective user and can be adapted to enable the respective user to send and receive recognition tokens and/or nominations for recognition. The server may receive a request from a user data processing system for the stored data associated with a particular user recognition space. In response, the server may convey at least some of the stored data associated with the particular user recognition space to the user data processing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2012
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Inventors: David Hilton, Valerie Leach, Cathie Lewis, Lori Janes-Young
  • Publication number: 20120183938
    Abstract: Data processing systems are presented for facilitating performance recognition among a plurality of users. A user data processing system may obtain data associated with a particular user recognition space, and may display graphical information related to the data associated with the user recognition space. The user data processing system may further display one or more recognition indicators. A recognition indicator may be adapted to indicate receipt of a recognition token, that a recognition token has been sent to another user, and/or that a nomination has been submitted for recognition of another user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2012
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Inventors: David Hilton, Valerie Leach, Cathie Lewis, Lori Janes-Young