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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8118598 | Educational interactive games An educational interactive game of the invention includes a system for teaching financial skills to players, and in particular, children in the context of an interactive electronic game. Each player is initially provided a predetermined amount of periodic earned inc... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8047848 | Method and system for providing incentives in a business environment A method carried out by identifying acts related to enterprise performance; generating a competitive training environment, the environment including situations that model work situations requiring the acts; presenting the environment to a participant; and receiving ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8021156 | Method and system for arranging and displaying project management intelligence A method and system for arranging, displaying, conveying, learning, and communicating project management intelligence utilizes a device formed of a plurality of 3-dimensional geometric polytopes movably connected together and movable relative to one another. The pol... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7922493 | Methods and systems for training sales representatives and conducting online sales calls Disclosed herein are integrated training and sales methods and systems for training sales representatives in making an online sales call to customers and for conducting the online sales call. The system includes a Web co-browsing tool, a voice channel between the cu... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7914286 | Teaching game method for simulating management of a business operation A game that teaches principles of dynamic business management by advancing tokens (20) along a work flow path (22) on a playing surface (24) to simulate multiple processes of a fictitious business enterprise over time. The work flow path (22 | 03/29/2011 |
| 7736148 | Method of and means for teaching accounting concepts and procedures A method of teaching accounting principles is disclosed in which two different colors are used to distinguish that which is owned and owed from that which has been used and earned. This is to establish the concept of double entry accounting. Question sets are used t... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7371070 | Operationalizing a learning solution A learning solution context is specified in terms of formal and informal learning within zones of interaction. Solution components of purpose/outcome, measurement, technology/infrastructure, resources, and process are specified and selected to align each to the solu... | 05/13/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7359876 | Simulated trading system with awards to participants based on portfolio net profits A simulated trading system allows a user to set up an account with a predefined portfolio of nonzero value, such as a portfolio of a predefined cash amount, and make trades to and from that portfolio. At the end of an investment period, the user is awarded the net p... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7349838 | Management training simulation method and system Developing decision-making skills of a user through practice in a simulated environment comprises defining a simulated situation to be influenced by the user including a set of objects that are represented by an attribute-characteristic representation, presenting in... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7346542 | Method and system for planning employee training in company A method and system for planning of employee training based on the current skill possession status of the company and the company strategy is provided. A company evaluation value concerning the number of employees in the company who have a skill equal to or higher t... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7341455 | Method and system for training traders Systems and methods are provided which enable students to participate in a simulated, electronic trading environment. The concept is one where the eSpeed rules based system and GUI may be used to educate students on the trading of financial products. The system may ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7326056 | Computer-based learning environment utilizing quantitative model-based simulations A system and method is disclosed that provides a learning environment useful for teaching students about the structure, characteristics, and behavior of a complex system. The learning experience is centered around a quantitative model-based simulation, whose state i... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7321304 | Security tip jar A security tip jar includes a vessel body and a removable base. The vessel body defines an open top designed for receiving a gratuity. The removable base forms a closed bottom of the vessel body. An electronic sensor is located in the removable base, and is adapted ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7305465 | Collecting appliance problem information over network and providing remote technical support to deliver appliance fix information to an end user A system for the intelligent management of knowledge and delivery of content is provided. The system allows end users to access targeted fixes in connection with resolving problems with appliances, such as computers or other devices. The system further provides for ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7281219 | Blended learning experience tool and method A blended learning solution is defined by determining degrees of elements in learning zones. The zones are defined by the types of interactions of the learners. Both formal and informal learning is defined for each zone. A specialized circular display is constructed... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7273213 | Customer information card game A customer information card game is disclosed. A set of game cards is provided, each game card having a face and a reverse side, each game card having printed thereon a plurality of types of customer information indicators and a customer loyalty indicator. Methods a... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7264474 | Personality style method In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a plurality of color-coded cards and representing four personality styles and a set of two cards representing the Extraversion-Introversion scale of Carl Jung. On each set of two (2) cards,... | 09/04/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7246089 | Liability management method Disclosed are methods of managing potential liabilities. The method can allow participants to pool their funds in order to pay off pending and future liabilities and can allow participants to shield funds for paying off liabilities from other operational costs. ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7221899 | Customer support system A customer support system for improving the skill of a person engaged in a business with reduced cost for technical training support and enhancing practical training. The customer support system includes a computer system for introducing training contents from a ser... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7219301 | Systems and methods for conducting a peer review process and evaluating the originality of documents The present invention provides methods for integrating the peer review process with other applications and facilitating peer review using a user interface linked to a peer review application having knowledge base information and defined rules for: accepting a paper ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7195489 | Education set and work model, training method, work efficiency improving method, and tool employing the same An education set used for education of a work including a series of work steps. The education set includes segment diagrams (105a, 105b, 105c) where work directions for executing the series of work steps, work directions inc... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7181413 | Performance-based training assessment The present invention analyzes the impact of known or unknown events on the fulfillment of business goals. In light of a defined business strategy, a performance outcome related to the business goal is analyzed to determine the effect of an event on the business goa... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7159178 | System for supporting a virtual community A browser-enabled system of software and services that focuses on connecting people across spatial, temporal, and organizational barriers to achieve specific objectives. The system includes a client server system that provides a virtual meeting place for a learning ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7146401 | Method for communicating business messages A method for performing business training communications includes determining a targeted business and performing a needs analysis to determine a plurality of recipient events in accordance with the targeted business. A plurality of business training messages is dete... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7136617 | Computer assisted game for teaching cooperative resource allocation and multi-party negotiation skills A multiple player game has objects corresponding to projects to which resources are allocated by the players of the game. The players include a plurality of groups. A resource bank mechanism determines a bank of resources to be made available to each group of player... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7133065 | System and method for selectively providing video of travel destinations A system enables selection of live, pre-recorded and locally synchronized video of desirable travel destinations worldwide. The system includes a viewer control module and a display monitor such as a television, a plurality of video cameras aimed at scenic sites of ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7117173 | System and method for providing financial services to children and teenagers A system and method of providing financial services to children provides a child-friendly user-interface that includes an age-appropriate integrated financial services account statement having links to multimedia files providing information on or related to specific... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7104863 | Product cycle project development A method for teaching production cycle project development utilizing a construction set having at least one construction set component designed to be alterable (e.g., robot) for constructing a user-definable apparatus. The teaching may include providing instructions... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7103561 | Method of profiling new vehicles and improvements A method of developing product characteristics for a new automotive vehicle comprising the steps of: generating a plurality of vehicle attributes including usage experience attributes, driving experience attributes, and design attributes; classifying each of the att... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7059861 | Math manipulative educational learning game The present invention relates to a math manipulative educational learning game in which a plurality of rods are provided for use in various manipulative games designed to teach rudimentary arithmetic skills. In the preferred embodiment, the rods are of various lengt... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7033180 | Education set and work model, training method, work efficiency improving method, and tool employing the same An education set used for education of a work including a series of work steps. The education set includes segment diagrams (105a, 105b, 105c) where work directions for executing the series of work steps, work directions inc... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6979199 | Method and system for training and organizing on-site event professionals The invention is a system and method for training and organizing on-site event professionals in the hospitality and tourism industry. The system has at least one server computer having a processor, an area of main memory for executing program code under the directio... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6976002 | System and method of determining a knowledge management solution A diagnostic tool and method for defining a personal profile for an individual collects work pattern data associated with the individual, correlates the work pattern data with work pattern characteristics of a plurality of predefined work pattern groups, and identif... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6962336 | Credit card debt management board game A board game comprising a board with a path having spaces thereon, wherein the path is navigated around the board by rolling dice, with the purpose being to teach the management and elimination of credit card debt. The game incorporates real life situations requirin... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6944596 | Employee analysis based on results of an education business simulation Analyzing employees based on results of an education business simulation. A network is utilized to present a training simulation to a user for achieving a training goal. Information is integrated into the training simulated utilizing the network that helps motivate ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6939137 | Method and system for training traders Systems and methods are provided which enable students to participate in a simulated, electronic trading environment. The concept is one where the eSpeed rules based system and GUI may be used to educate students on the trading of financial products. The system may ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6890179 | Interactive games for teaching financial principles Electronic media for teaching others financial principles includes an interactive game that includes a financial lesson. The interactive game may be remotely accessed by users via a network such as the Internet. In certain embodiments the interactive game includes (... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6830455 | Instrument for contemplation The tool for contemplation comprises a paper on which a main unit and a sub unit that surrounds the main unit are printed. The main unit includes a subject display cell that displays a subject and a plurality of thought results display cells that display a plurality... | 12/14/2004 |
