Patents by Inventor William Kelly Norton

William Kelly Norton 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: 20020116253
    Abstract: The invention comprises systems and methods for making a prediction utilizing admissions-based or personal information. The invention receives information associated with the prospective student or person via a network. The invention determines one or more predictive factors based upon selected prospective student information or selected personal information. Finally, the invention determines a likelihood of a decision such as an enrollment decision based upon at least one predictive factor. Information utilized by the invention consists of at least one of the following: static data, biographical data, statistical data, historical data, behavioral data, preferential data, circumstantial data, demographic data, or other data that permits an observation to be made about a person such as the prospective student. The invention develops and updates a predictive algorithm that correlates one or more predictive factors based upon selected prospective student information or personal information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2002
    Publication date: August 22, 2002
    Inventors: Kevin P. Coyne, Shawn T. Coyne, Peter Flur, William Kelly Norton