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"It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. "
Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8137112 | Scaffolding support for learning application programs in a computerized learning environment A computerized learning system is provided. The computerized learning system may include a learning application program executable on a computing device. The learning application program may have a user interface configured to present a challenge to a user and recei... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8128415 | Online test proctoring interface with test taker icon and multiple panes An aspect of the present invention relates to an online test platform adapted to facilitate the development, delivery, and management of educational tests with interactive participation by students, teachers, proctors, and administrators even when some or all of the... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8121886 | Confidence based selection for survey sampling A system and method for confidence-based selection of items for use in conducting a computer-implemented survey. The survey presents information about a selected plurality of items to a survey participant, to elicit survey feedback information. Information regarding... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8087938 | Computer system and method for training certifying or monitoring human clinical raters A method and system are disclosed for computerized training, monitoring, certification or re-certification of human raters in clinical trials. The invention provides an interactive computerized interview that can be compared scores obtained by human raters to monito... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8038448 | Method and apparatus for educating and influencing an individual A method and apparatus for influencing a person to develop, accept and/or understand a concept, position or idea using questioning, including a technique sometimes known as the Socratic Method. A universe of question and answer subsets comprising questions and respe... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8038449 | System and method for generating an exam A method for generating an exam is disclosed. The method includes setting initial conditions for the exam, wherein the initial conditions comprises a number of true propositions p, a number of false propositions q, and a number of random propositions r, and determin... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7922494 | Method for improved administering of tests using customized user alerts An apparatus, system, and method for monitoring test question response time from a remote location are provided. More specifically, the present invention provides a mechanism by which tests may be proctored to users from a remote location as a test administration se... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7780452 | Individual examination execution device In a listening comprehension test using individual examination execution devices, according to the present invention, it is possible to avoid a dishonest act such as peeping at another examinee's answers. An individual examination execution device (101) reads... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7513775 | Presenting answer options to multiple-choice questions during administration of a computerized test Embodiments of the present invention are directed to presenting a multiple-choice question during delivery of a computerized test. Answer options corresponding to a multiple-choice test question prompt are presented serially either individually or in groups at a tim... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7413442 | Learning support system A learning support system has an information processing apparatus, a portable information terminal and a learning management server which are connected through a network. The information processing apparatus includes a second memory unit for storing first learning i... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7390191 | Computer system configured to sequence multi-day training utilizing a database A computer system configured to provide multi-day training to users. The computer system includes a program storage device. The program storage device includes a database that stores a number-of training-days value and sequence data. The program storage device also ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7377785 | System and method for generating and providing educational exercises A system and method for generating and administering classroom exercises to a student. One or more root questions is generated, where each root question has a stem, a plurality of right answers, and a plurality of wrong answers. A multiple-choice question instance i... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7379704 | Providing collaborative services with content Systems and methods for integrating collaborative services with content. Collaboration services are provided to a user in the context of content such that the user may collaborate with other contacts or users within the context of the content. The collaborative serv... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7373383 | Location messaging method for delivering messages in a global virtual space A location messaging system creates and delivers messages in a global virtual space, at the best time and location, in the optimal context. The recipient can be either generally or specifically targeted. The location message criteria can be formatted so that only a ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370032 | Data gathering A method for gathering data may include receiving query information in a first format related to a query, identifying a format-independent portion of the query information and a format-dependent portion of the query information, and translating the format-dependent ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7367808 | Employee retention system and associated methods A modularized system and method for interactively diagnosing and addressing workplace issues that can lead to employee turnover includes computer-delivered assessment and training modules, each directed to a particular aspect of improving employee retention by focus... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7364432 | Methods of selecting Lock-In Training courses and sessions A Lock-In Training system. The Lock-In Training system can include an appropriately programmed Web site and a user computer. The Lock-In Training system can also include an appropriately programmed stand-alone computer. Some embodiments of the invention allow studen... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7357640 | Lock-In Training system A Lock-In Training system. The Lock-In Training system can include an appropriately programmed Web site and a user computer. The Lock-In Training system can also include an appropriately programmed stand-alone computer. Some embodiments of the invention allow studen... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356763 | Real-time slide presentation multimedia data object and system and method of recording and browsing a multimedia data object A system for recording a real-time slide presentation to generate a low bit-rate multimedia data object including a plurality of synchronized overlayed replayable bitstreams including at least a bitstream corresponding to an image of each of a plurality of slides of... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7351064 | Question and answer dialogue generation for intelligent tutors A question generation means is developed for intelligent tutors wherein a question menu having dynamic questions is capable of being displayed after each step of a problem. The generated question set contains both elementary and advanced questions and changes after ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352990 | Education support system, target presentation method, recording medium, and carrier wave An education support server generates test data representing a test using a test management database. At this time, the education support server derives a target score for a user who is to take the test represented by the generated test data in accordance with achie... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7351062 | Educational devices, systems and methods using optical character recognition Educational devices, educational systems, and methods of teaching and learning reading are provided. The devices, systems, and methods can include an indicium reader, such as an optical character recognition device, for reading indicium from objects. Such objects ca... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7343134 | System and method for communicating with students in an education environment A communication system for communicating with students in an education environment includes a plurality of remote units, a base station that receives messages from the remote units, a processor, a memory, and a display simultaneously visible to all users of the remo... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7338287 | Systems and methods for searching for and delivering solutions to specific problems and problem types Methods and systems for providing a solution to a given problem comprising the steps of receiving a request for a solution to a known problem, accessing a first set of data comprising a plurality of template solutions to problems, accessing a second set of data comp... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7331791 | System and method for evaluating a person's information technology skills An IT skills evaluation system and method for evaluating an individual's IT skills. According to one aspect of the invention, the individual is required to perform one or more practical exercises. A practical exercise is an evaluation device for evaluating not only ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7330875 | System and method for recording a presentation for on-demand viewing over a computer network A system and method for recording and playback of a live presentation that enables a reproduction of audio and visual aspects of the live presentation and enables on-demand viewing of the presentation at a later time. A live presentation comprising a plurality of pr... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7325036 | System and method for command transmission utilizing an email return path The system supports monitoring of receiver network status by providing an email return path for receiver status information. Remote locations provide access to an internet capable LAN, which the integrated receiver decoders use to send parameter information to the c... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7318052 | Knowledge transfer evaluation A knowledge transfer approach is assessed by assigning multiple situation attributes for the knowledge transfer approach. Furthermore, a plurality of communication forms are attributed to the knowledge transfer approach. Based on the situation attributes and the com... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7311524 | System and method assessing student achievement A system and method for assessing and monitoring student academic achievement levels for purposes of identifying students at risk for not meeting minimum academic standards as measured using standardized tests, and for tracking or monitoring student academic perform... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7310665 | Method, gateway system and arrangement in a communication network The present invention relates to multimedia communication between end systems in IP environments and more particularly it relates to the problem that all services concerning processing of media streams are bundled. The solution, according to the invention is ... | 12/18/2007 |
| RE39942 | Computer-aided group-learning methods and systems Providing methods and systems for a computer-aided group-learning environment, where a number of users can interact and work on a subject together. The system and method can monitor and analyze users' inputs. The analysis process can identify a user's performance on... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7290204 | Remote slide show system using a browser A plurality of uniform resource locators are automatically notified from a local side computer to one or more remote side computers in a predetermined sequence and at predetermined intervals, and the browser of each of the remote side computers displays the correspo... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7286793 | Method and apparatus for evaluating educational performance An improved method and apparatus for evaluating the performance of an individual. In one aspect, the invention includes a method of encoding questions used in an examination in order to accurately identify and evaluate deficiencies in an individual's knowledge. In a... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7287224 | Operation-enabling training and safety computer system and associated methods An operation-enabling training and safety computer system and associated methods operable for selectively enabling and disabling a powered system including means for disabling the operation of the powered system, a display operable for presenting a user of the power... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7263710 | Medical diagnostic system with on-line real-time video training A central service facility is connected via a network and a uniform service interactive platform to a multiplicity of remotely located medical diagnostic systems. The interactive platform includes a video/audio plug-in application which can be used to access a libra... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7260257 | System and method for whiteboard and audio capture A system that captures both whiteboard content and audio signals of a meeting using a digital camera and a microphone. The system can be retrofit to any existing whiteboard. It computes the time stamps of pen strokes on the whiteboard by analyzing the sequence of ca... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7260278 | System and method for real-time whiteboard capture and processing A system that captures both whiteboard content and audio signals of a meeting using a video camera and records or transmits them in real-time. The Real-Time Whiteboard Capture captures pen strokes on whiteboards in real time using an off-the-shelf video camera. Unli... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7257367 | System and method for rewards-based education A system and method for rewarding educational accomplishment is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes providing rewards to a user, such as a child, for achievement of one or more goals within an educational activity. The rewards are preferably credit in a ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7251607 | Dispute resolution method In a first embodiment according to the invention, a method of resolving a dispute includes the step of at least one of a plurality of parties to the dispute providing, via an on-line connection, an input relating to the dispute. Information related to resolution of ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7238025 | System and method for determining empathy A system and method for determining a level of empathy between two people includes four sets of questions for each query posed, a first set being how a first participant feels about a topic, a second set being how the first participant thinks a second participant wo... | 07/03/2007 |
