Education and demonstration inventions 03/07

20070072154 - Vehicle surroundings image providing system and method: A system which provides a driver with an image obtained by photographing an area around a vehicle, the system comprising: a photographing unit which photographs an area around the vehicle which is out of the driver's line of sight because of a structure of the vehicle; an image processing unit... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070072155 - Method for improving language learning in a mobile phone: The present invention discloses a method for improving language learning in a mobile phone having an execution program, a database and a player, where the database includes a plurality of language learning contents, and the execution program retrieves a language learning content from the database after the mobile phone is... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070072156 - Lifestyle coach behavior modification system: A method to support a user adopting healthy habits and behaviors includes viewing lectures on healthy habits and behaviors, the lectures being stored on a computing device. A current level of the user's behavior after receiving background information from the user is presented to the user. An action goal is... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

20070072157 - Methods for teaching and integrating athletics with academics: A method for teaching academics and athletics and integrating both athletics and academics comprising the following steps: (a) introducing a word of the day for use in teaching athletics and academics, said word of the day to be used throughout the day; (b) forming teams of students for use in... Agent: Law Offices Of Andrew Y. Schroeder

20070072158 - Walker behavior detection apparatus: A behavior of a walker is detected according to combination of detection of the walking behavior on a level and an altitude variation of the walker to more accurately detect the behavior of the walker. A burned calorie can be obtained according to the type of the walking behavior. An... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070072159 - Sports practice video training system and method: A sports practice video training system and method for use by players practicing activities that have a visual target area upon which the practicing player focuses during his practice activity provides one or more video cameras positioned at selected positions relative to a practicing player and a monitor screen positioned... Agent: Olson And Olson

20070072160 - Interactive healthcare e-learning tool: A computer system for a healthcare e-learning system is provided. The computer system has a platform, at least one input device, and a central processing unit in communication with the platform and the at least one input device. The central processing unit is configured to receive healthcare information about a... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20070072161 - Teaching amusement attraction: The invention relates to amusement attraction engineering and can be used in teaching physics, chemistry, and biology to demonstrate the conversion of chemical energy into electrical energy. The inventive attraction comprises playing members (1) and (2) of a certain shape whose function is fulfilled by different metals spaced not less... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20070072162 - Audio-enabled marketing and memorabilia device: Described is an audio-enabled marketing and memorabilia device. The device comprises an image and related text attached with a substantially planar sheet. A sound-generating mechanism is also attached with the substantially planar sheet. The sound-generating mechanism has a sound signal stored therein that corresponds to the text, such that when... Agent: Tope-mckay & Associates

20070072163 - Transaction consistency and problematic states: Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to transactions. In aspects, a consistency requester such as a shadow copy service requests to have a consistent view of a set of resources. In response, transactions that are in a problematic state are allowed to exit the problematic state while new... Agent: Microsoft Corporation Attn: Patent Group Docketing Department

20070072164 - Program, method and apparatus for generating fill-in-the-blank test questions: A pointing information extraction unit extracts pointing information indicating a pointing position and a pointing time on a slide from a slide file used in a lecture and a video file of a lecture video using a pointing device. A word information generation unit analyzes a text sentence extracted from... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070072165 - Virtual oral recitation examination apparatus, system and method: The invented apparatus, system and method for examining a student's oral answer capability includes a presentation mechanism for presenting a program test including one or more questions and soliciting one or more answers as oral inputs; a voice recognition mechanism for receiving a voice stream from a student oral recitation... Agent: Ater Wynne LLP

20070065784 - Teaching method for riding a bicycle: A method for teaching a learner how to ride a bicycle by providing a bicycle with an empty pedal crank housing, where the bicycle permits the learner's feet to touch the ground when the learner sits on the bicycle. The learner first moves the bicycle forward by walking, then by... Agent: Bush Intellectual Property Law Group, LLC

20070065785 - Device for representing the lung, the volume of the lung, and respiration characteristics of the lung, and the use thereof: The invention relates to a device for representing the lung, the volume of the lung, and the respiration characteristics of the lung, comprising a Y-shaped tube containing a main tube (10) which branches into a first branch (20) and a second branch (30), whereby one branch (20,30) is provided with... Agent: Michael P. Morris Boehringer Ingelheim Corporation

20070065786 - Method and receiver for the simultaneous detection and evaluation of at least two electro- magnetic signals: In a method and apparatus for simultaneous detection and analysis of at least two electromagnetic signals, at least one of which is a radiation image signal, using a common detector, the input radiation image is divided into at least two partial images. The partial images are projected onto a radiation... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070065787 - Interactive audio puzzle solving, game playing, and learning tutorial system and method: An interactive audio puzzle solving, game playing, and learning tutorial system includes a microphone for receiving speech from a user. An electronic subsystem includes an analog-to-digital converter for converting the speech to digital signals, a speech recognition engine responsive to the analog-to-digital converter for translating the digital signals into user... Agent: Iandiorio & Teska Intellectual Property Law Attorneys

20070065788 - Method for developing a curriculum: A method for developing a training curriculum from a pre-existing library of materials is provided. The method comprises: controlling selection of at least one set-up module from the pre-existing library; controlling selection of at least one closing module from the pre-existing library; and controlling selection of at least one insight... Agent: Stuart R. Hemphill, Esq. Dorsey & Whitney LLP

20070065789 - Method for enhancing memory and cognition in aging adults: A method on a computing device is provided for enhancing the memory and cognitive ability of an older adult by requiring the adult to listen to two or more aurally processed syllables, presented serially, view the syllables graphically, and then designate the order in which the syllables were aurally presented.... Agent: Huffman Law Group, P.C.

20070065790 - Golf assessment and improvement system: A method and system for remotely assessing the physical fitness of a golfer is disclosed. Preferably, a golfer performs one or more fitness tests to determine his/her physical fitness level. Based on the golfer's performance of each of the one or more fitness tests, a workout regimen may be generated... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20070065791 - Golf assessment and improvement system: A method and system for remotely assessing the physical fitness of a golfer is disclosed. Preferably, a golfer performs one or more fitness tests to determine his/her physical fitness level. Based on the golfer's performance of each of the one or more fitness tests, a workout regimen may be generated... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20070065792 - Dental hygiene tutorial toy: A dental hygiene tutorial toy which is configured to look like a child's doll and which contains a sound generating device that offers a child user information regarding proper dental hygiene and encouragement regarding brushing. The dental hygiene tutorial toy also includes an integrated timer to ensure that the child... Agent: Michael Coblenz

20070065793 - Hybrid intelligence in medicine: A method of linking anatomical sites on human images, symptoms and signs relating to the anatomical sites relating to or affected by the symptoms and signs and components of personal, health and health-care data of individuals to diagnoses of diseases and illnesses relating to the sites, symptoms and signs and... Agent: Anuthep Benja-athon

20070065794 - Methods, devices, and computer program products for providing a karaoke service using a mobile terminal: A karaoke service is provided responsive to receiving a plurality of performance requests associated with a plurality of mobile terminals. The plurality of performance requests are queued in a selected order to provide a karaoke performance schedule, and a next performance request is identified based on the karaoke performance schedule.... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A.

20070065795 - Multiple-channel learner-centered whole-brain training system: This invention provides systems and methods that select and integrate multiple channels of media based on how a learner's historical track record relates to a set of learner-centered rules. When such rules are implemented using computer software, the user experiences multiple channels of media that engage the learner in dynamic... Agent: Ranel Einar Erickson

20070065796 - Optical module for recognizing page of electronic book: The invention relates to an optical module for recognizing the pages of an electronic book. The optical module of the invention comprises: at least one light source, a plurality of reflective layers, at least one light sensor and a page recognizing device. The light source is used for generating emitting... Agent: Volentine Francos, & Whitt PLLC

20070065797 - System and method of preparing for essay examinations: A computer learning system includes a database containing one or more sample essay questions and model answers prepared in advance by qualified instructors. The system assists a user in preparing for an essay examination by presenting the user with a sample essay question and prompting the user to identify an... Agent: Peter M. Midgley Holland & Midgley, LLP

20070065798 - Methods for improving certainty of test-taker performance determinations for assessments with open-ended items: The current invention is designed to improve the certainty of test-taker classifications in testing programs utilizing open-ended items. The current invention discloses methods to improve certainty in estimates of test-taker performance for all test-takers while using a minimum of scoring resources. The invention selectively allocates resources to scoring by ceasing... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20070065799 - Test replication through renaming: In one embodiment, a method and system for test replication through renaming, includes the acts of: modifying a current test name of a test to a new test name; reading the new test name; sending a feedback variable indicating the new test name; and changing a stimulus or programmed featured... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070065800 - Display apparatus and video wall having the same: A display apparatus and a video wall having the same and, more particularly, a display apparatus using a differential digital signal transmitted to a display apparatus in a next stage for display are provided. The display apparatus and the video wall provide a data enable signal, which is required by... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20070059668 - Method and apparatus for damping vibrations in a motion simulation platform: A multiple degree-of-freedom motion simulator assembly comprises a fixed base, a displaceable simulator platform, and a plurality of linear actuators having upper ends thereof interconnected with the platform and lower ends thereof interconnected with the fixed base. A vibration damping unit is disposed between at least one of each of... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20070059669 - Systems and methods for processing video images: A sensor effects processor and tracker system incorporate first and second processors. One processor carries out graphics processing, tracker processing, histogram formation and network communications. The other processor carries out sensor effects processing on a sequence of images received from an image processor. The desired effects can be enabled or... Agent: Welsh & Katz, Ltd

20070059671 - Career analysis method and system: A career analysis method and system. The system comprises a computing apparatus comprising data. The data comprises a specified job title and a first list comprising a first plurality of required skills for the specified job title. Candidate data is received by the computing apparatus. Candidate data comprises a job... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20070059670 - Game processing: Game processing apparatus comprising: an indication generator operable to generate an indication of a sequence of target actions to be executed by a user; a detector operable to detect user actions executed by said user; comparison logic operable to compare said target actions with said user actions to determine whether... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20070059673 - Health management cuff: A cuff for a health managing system includes a strand having first and second terminal ends. A plurality of beads, each presenting a numerical or a non-numerical value, are slidably retainable and movable along the strand. A key extending from the strand and a keyway defined in each bead are... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C.

20070059672 - Nutrition tracking systems and methods: A method for a user to track nutrition information includes: scanning a plurality of nutrition codes corresponding to a plurality of respective food items via a scanning device, wherein each of said plurality of nutrition codes corresponds to nutrition information for each of said plurality of respective food items; consuming... Agent: Paparella & Associates, PLC

20070059674 - Computer-readable recording medium having stored recommended exhibition booth selection program and recommended exhibition booth selection method: A computer-readable recording medium having stored a recommended exhibition booth selection program that can determine the areas of interest of an individual user appropriately and can plan optimum booths to be visited at an exhibition. A learned-content-based interest judgment unit calculates a score indicating the degree of user's interest in... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070059675 - Device and method for measuring a rotational frequency of a movable game device: For measuring the rotational frequency of a movable game device, one resorts to an existing radio signal in the form of a broadcast signal or mobile communication signal within the framework of an open system, or to a radio signal of an evaluation unit within the framework of a closed... Agent: Glenn Patent Group

20070059676 - Interactive animation for entertainment and instruction using networked devices: A computer-implemented facility or system is adapted to provide interactive animation for downloading or streaming to MP3 enabled devices with display capabilities.... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP.

20070059677 - Whiteboard scoreboard: The whiteboard scoreboard is a dry erase marking surface laminated onto a backboard or other substrate. The whiteboard has rounded corners to prevent injury of an end user or anyone else coming into contact with the device. Permanent indicia forming a template of baseline information is disposed along the marking... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd

20070054245 - Behavior modification system: The invention is directed to a system for reminding an inattentive child to return to an ongoing educational task. The system comprises a transmitter means that is adapted to transmit a signal to one or more individually tuned receivers that are adapted to be worn by a student, each of... Agent: Hedman & Costigan P.c.

20070054246 - Method and system for teaching sound/symbol correspondences in alphabetically represented languages: A system and method for teaching sound/symbol correspondences in alphabetically represented languages including selecting an alphabetic character string, choosing a tangible representation for a sound that the alphabetic character string is used to represent, and associating the tangible representation with the alphabetic character string based on the probability that the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20070054247 - Decimal-point 1/16™: The Decimal-Point 1/16™ it's a readout for the tape measure with the scale graduation marked and 16ths of an inch, it's a sticker that sticks to the side of the tape measure, and shows what each scale equals, with this readout any person can learn the fractions and the decimals... Agent: Francisco Castruita

20070054248 - Systems and methods for standardizing employment skill sets for use in creating, searching, and updating job profiles: Embodiments of the present invention may provide systems and methods for standardizing employment skill sets. In accordance with such embodiments of the present invention, job applicants may create profiles that specify a plurality of skills, where each profile or at least a portion thereof will be accessible by a host... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20070054250 - Educational systems and methods for promoting writing skills: The disclosure relates to educational systems and methods of use thereof for improving student achievement, stimulating cognitive development, and increasing student motivation through improving writing skills. In accordance with the methods and devices of the disclosure students are able to build improved fine and gross motor skills.... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney LLP

20070054249 - Method for modulating listener attention toward synthetic formant transition cues in speech stimuli for training: A method on a computing device for enhancing the memory and cognitive ability of an older adult by requiring the adult to differentiate between rapidly presented stimuli. The method utilizes a sequence of phonemes from a confusable pair which are systematically manipulated to make discrimination between the phonemes less difficult... Agent: Huffman Law Group, P.c.

20070054251 - Method and kit of materials to intercept name-calling and hurtful language in school: A Character education method design to address name calling in elementary and middle schools comprising the steps of raising the awareness of adults and children about the language they use, teaching ways to intercept hurtful language and empowering students to stand up and challenge others and the language others use... Agent: Panagiota Betty Tufariello, Esq. Intellectulaw, The Law Offices Of

20070054252 - Method and a system for teaching and guiding an individual in changing the lifestyle and a method and system for treating an individual: A method and a system for teaching and guiding an individual and changing the lifestyle and in building up a health or healthier behaviour includes the step of making a basic assessment of the individual and of defining at least one program to which the individual should attend on the... Agent: Shoemaker And Mattare, Ltd

20070054253 - Indicator, method of teaching massage operation and method of massage operation: This invention provides illustrations that can be used as educational materials for teaching massage treatment, dermatological therapeutic techniques, dermatological diagnostics, etc.; and methods of performing and teaching massage treatment, based on new anatomical findings about cutaneous blood vessels. The illustrations have a 1st illustration, which displays anatomical characteristics of the... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Berner, LLP

20070054254 - Medical training device: A medical training device with an improved clam shell type torso arrangement. An improved two-piece tiltable head feature, including mechanical mounting structure for secure attachment of an improved lung bag or face shield. The head also includes an improved nose feature to provide a more realistic representation of nasal cartilage,... Agent: Jeanne E. Longmuir

20070054255 - Method and system for periodontal charting: Methods and systems for graphically depicting gum tissue and teeth for illustrating gingival health and plaque reduction. The relative risk as one type of statistical methods for comparing two treatments of different therapeutic agents for gingivitis and plaque are displayed. The upper and lower sets of teeth are represented in... Agent: Warner-lambert Company Llc

20070054256 - Mock circulatory apparatus: A mock circulatory apparatus for use in simulating the circulatory system of a patient comprising of a fluid circuit, wherein said fluid circuit includes a mock ventricle; at least one fluid reservoir and tubing. The valveless blood pump is connected in parallel fluid communication to said fluid circuit across the... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070054257 - Singtronics av box: This is a portable. Compact. Lightweight self-contained amplifier Audio-Video Stereo System with a full Karaoke features & song recorder. The unit contains in itself a multi-player DVD player, satellite speakers, sub-woofer, main microphone and wireless microphone enclosed in a carry-all polyurethane casing. Figure Descriptions/ Legend A Satellite Speaker B Multi-Disk... Agent: Singtronics

20070048690 - Simulated convex mirrors for driving simulators: The invention provides an enhanced computer simulator for large vehicles, in which simulated convex mirrors are provided, inset into side displays adjacent to simulated flat side-view mirrors. The right- and left-hand mirror groups are independently adjustable, and the convex mirror images are configured to show a wide-angle version of the... Agent: Brown & Michaels, PC 400 M & T Bank Building

20070048691 - System and method for monitoring a physiological condition: Method for treating a medical condition in a human patient comprising choosing a psychological strategy for treating the medical condition, encoding electronic instructions for an interactive video game in such a way that the interactive video game implements the psychological strategy, loading the electronic instructions into a microprocessor-based unit equipped... Agent: Health Hero Network, Inc.

20070048692 - Conceptual sorting ability assessment and associated methods: An assessment of a subject's ability to formulate basic concepts, transfer those concepts into action, and to shift set from one concept to another measures the executive functions needed to maintain and shift set, form categories, and formulate concepts. One benefit of the present assessment is that it is nonverbal... Agent: Jacqueline E. Hartt, Ph.d Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist, P.A.

20070048693 - Educational system and tools: A method for education and a system for implementing the method is disclosed. In particular, the method involves accessing, recognizing, engaging and enhancing development of natural cognitive ability (particularly in infants, babies, toddlers and young children and the learning handicapped). The method utilizes a flash image (visual) and auditory system... Agent: Eugenia S. Hansen Hemingway & Hansen, LLP

20070048697 - Interactive language learning techniques: Interactive language learning techniques may be described. An apparatus may comprise a remote control receiver to receive user commands, a receiver to receive voice information, and a virtual language tutor module. The virtual language tutor module may have a user interface module and a speech evaluation engine. The user interface... Agent: Kacvinsky LLC C/o Intellevate

20070048695 - Interactive scoring system for learning language: The present invention relates to an interactive scoring system for learning a language, in which a means such as a web camera is used to capture the learner's lip images and then a score is given by comparing with images stored in the database. The images stored in the database... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070048696 - Literacy system: A literacy system provides teaching for reading and writing skills. In one embodiment, the literacy system may include exercises for teaching visual sequencing, motor skills, phonology, semantics, syntax, and text. The literacy system may have a pre-reading section, which includes exercises for developing visual sequencing skills and motor skills prior... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070048694 - System and method for simultaneous demonstration mouth movements together with visual presentation of an image that represents a letter(s) or word(s) being pronounced: A system and method for enabling simultaneous visualization of mouth movements and the letters or words being pronounced utilizes a series of flashcards, each containing on at least a first side of the card a representation of a letter or word, and each including a through hole shaped to enable... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070048698 - Literacy and language assessment and associated methods: An assessment of literacy and linguistic abilities targets a combination of these abilities by asking the subject to spell projected words. The invention achieves a standardized method of scoring developmental responses and achieves facilitated replication that is applicable to any child's responses. The quantitative scoring system and method have proven... Agent: Jacqueline E. Hartt, Ph.d Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist, P.A.

20070048699 - Method of teaching reading: A computer-based method of providing reading training to a student is provided. The method, based on a training model having individualized program streams, incorporates automatic system intervention to enhance program mastery and decrease reliance on teacher resources. This automatic intervention may accelerate a training stream for students demonstrating early mastery... Agent: Marks & Clerk

20070048701 - Math aid: A math teaching aid for helping beginning students learn how to count change. The invention includes a number of base units with cylindrical depressions in slots for a flag. A flag which determines the desired amount of change is placed in a flag holder in the base unit. Units representing... Agent: Robert L. Shaver Dykas, Shaver & Nipper, LLP

20070048700 - Method and apparatus for teaching mathematics: An improved method of teaching mathematics which enables students to take an active and enjoyable role in their own learning via an interactive puzzle is disclosed. In the preferred embodiment, each of the ten digits, zero through nine, is “hidden” within one of ten value positions (52). Students must deduce... Agent: Matthew Earl Fluster

20070048702 - Immersion-type live-line work training system and method: An immersion-type live-line work training system and method. The immersion-type live-line work training system includes a first display device, a motion tracking device, and a computer. The first display device is worn on a trainee's head, and is configured to display a three-dimensional virtual environment for the trainee. a motion... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20070048703 - Juror research: A system features (a) enabling electronic posting of a performance that expresses a position of a party on an issue, (b) storing the posted performance digitally, (c) enabling at least two different individuals at two different locations to observe at least portions of the performance, and (d) enabling each of... Agent: Adam Rosen

20070048704 - Advertising method using story characters: A method of advertising personal hygiene products is disclosed. Uniquely designated characters are presented in a series of entertaining children's stories. In general, the designated characters may represent hygiene and/or grooming difficulties and the stories describe effective methods to overcome such difficulties. The method encourages the purchase of products to... Agent: Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, LLP Attn: Gregory M Stone

20070048705 - Computerized accountability system for tracking student behavior: A computerized accountability system for tracking and recording the behavioral progress and academic developments of students in any academic setting, and adapted for use with Microsoft XL, includes a number of screen layouts, charts and graphs (note that bar graphs are part of the program which only calculates automatically once... Agent: The Inventors Network, Inc.

20070048707 - Device and method for determining and improving present time emotional state of a person: An exemplary embodiment providing one or more improvements includes determining a measurable characteristic of electrical activity in a user's brain and using the measurable characteristic to determine a present time emotional state of the user.... Agent: Pritzkau Patent Group, LLC

20070048708 - Motivational and educational enlarged abacus: A motivational and teaching abacus device which has large beads rotatably and slidably mounted on a rod for classroom or home display. Each bead has indicia on two opposite sides, a smiley face on a first side and a number in a series of numbers on a second side. Alternately,... Agent: Donald W. Meeker Patent Agent

20070048706 - Psychometric assessment tool and method for interpreting human personality and human behavior: An assessment tool that utilizes a psychometric test that can predict more accurately human personality by combining personality types derived from the 5 dimensions of a personality profile thereby providing a psychometric instrument, in the form of a 5-dimensional model organized into a symbol known as a “Spider Web”.... Agent: Donn K. Harms Patent & Trademark Law Center

20070048710 - Bioterrorism and disaster response system: Although there is a universal need for training in handling casualties of weapons of mass destruction, a major challenge for delivering such training include the lack of time for over-taxed healthcare professionals and public health personnel to participate. Many of our workforce members work on part-time basis, evening and weekends... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20070048709 - System for detection and analysis of biological waste spread in an undergarment: A system for analyzing biological waste in an undergarment includes a mannequin with a simulated skin surface. An evacuation port is formed in the mannequin for eliminating a simulated human excretory product from the mannequin. A plurality of sensors is located about the evacuation port to sense the excretory product... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20070048711 - Rf signal of karaoke data receiving pack and karaoke system using thereof: Disclosed are an RF signal of karaoke data receiving pack and karaoke system using thereof. The RF Karaoke data receiving pack includes an RF receiver for receiving a voice signal and key data signal radio-transmitted from a wireless microphone device via a receiving antenna; an audio/key data signal separator for... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20070048712 - Media player service library: Integrated management of local and remote media files. A playlist of media files adapted for rendering by a media player application are located in either a local media library stored at the computer or a remote media library accessible by the computer via a data communication network or both. Media... Agent: Senniger Powers (msft)

20070048713 - Media player service library: Integrated management of local media files stored at a computer and remote media files accessible via a data communication network. A hierarchical structure displayed in a user interface of a media player application represents local and remote media libraries and permits media player operations on the media files from either... Agent: Senniger Powers (msft)

20070048714 - Media player service library: Integrated management of local media files stored at a computer and remote media files accessible via a data communication network. A compressed catalog of the remote media files is stored locally on the computer. A user interface of a media player application displays the contents of a library of local... Agent: Senniger Powers (msft)

20070048715 - Subtitle generation and retrieval combining document processing with voice processing: Provides subtitle generation methods and apparatus which recognizes voice in a presentation to generate subtitles thereof, and retrieval apparatus for retrieving character strings by use of the subtitles. An apparatus of the present invention includes: a extraction unit for extracting text from presentation documents; an analysis unit for morphologically analyzing... Agent: Louis Paul Herzberg

20070048717 - Electronic book reading apparatus and method: An electronic book reading apparatus mainly includes a user interface, an operation controlling unit, and a display unit. The user interface allows a user to flip an appropriate number of pages of a displayed electronic book. The user interface includes a plurality of sensing units for generating sensing signals in... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070048716 - Learning system: A learning system including a textbook and a control module physically integrated with the textbook for controlling a video playback device to display educational video and audio content on a monitor. The system may include one or more sensors in communication with the control module for measuring physical properties of... Agent: Iandiorio & Teska Intellectual Property Law Attorneys

20070048718 - System and method for test creation, verification, and evaluation: The present invention is a system and method for creating and grading handwritten tests. The tests are input into a computer wherein the answers are recognized with an intelligent character recognition program and then compared to a list of possible answers. The system then automatically provides a grade for each... Agent: Lafkas Patent LLC

20070048720 - Method and system for providing interactive legal training: A reality-based hypothetical is developed and provided to a set of training participants. The reality-based hypothetical is a fact pattern describing an original lawsuit involving a set of real life scientific studies, data, witnesses, and issues that have never been litigated where only the claims, plaintiff, and defendant are fictitious... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20070048722 - Methods and system for implementing a self-improvement curriculum: Methods and systems for improving an individual through a program of improvement courses are disclosed. The method of the present invention includes completing an initial assessment on a computer system prior to the individual starting the program of improvement courses and storing the completed initial assessment in a memory on... Agent: Glen M. Diehl Norton & Diehl LLC

20070048719 - Methods and systems for presenting and recording class sessions in virtual classroom: The present invention provides an improved distance learning solution. According to one embodiment of the invention, there provides a method for delivering a class session to students with client terminals in a virtual classroom. In this method, operations performed at a super client terminal in accordance with a teacher's actions... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070048723 - Securely administering computerized tests over a network: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to securely administering computerized tests over a network, such as, for example, the Internet. A method and system are provided for the delivery of computerized tests via the Internet with unique security features which reduce or eliminate the need for constant human observation... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20070048721 - Software to be employed in the educational trade: Software to be employed in the educational trade is characterized by the fact that it comprises the following tools: 1) “ConnectChange” and “ConnectCreate” for teacher's version; 2) “ConnectChange” and “ConnectCreate” for students' version; 3) “ConnectPlanet”; 4) “ConnectActivities”; and 5) “ConnectVirtual”, wherein the Operational Environment may use Windows Platform; the present... Agent: Michael C. Cesarano

20070048724 - Extensible context-enabled software: Identification information that can be used to load an evaluation method and an expression that references the evaluation method are stored. Instructions are then executed to make a decision using the expression where the instructions do not include a reference to the evaluation method before execution of the instructions. The... Agent: Westman Champlin (microsoft Corporation)