Education and demonstration inventions 07/07

20070172797 - Method of constructing computer-based musculoskeletal model by redefining directions of pivot axes of joints in the same model: Techniques are disclosed of constructing a computer-based musculoskeletal model physically representing bones and muscles of a human body. These techniques include: defining as a first pivot-axis-direction for a selected joint, a direction of an axis about which selected bone models are pivoted relative to each other in response to expansion/contraction... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070172798 - Learning kits and method for tutoring and teaching learners: The present invention is directed to a learning kit for tutoring learners comprising at least one copy of a book, at least one activity wherein the activity is in game format and is self-contained, a container for securing the contents of the learning kit, a learning kit instruction sheet; and... Agent: Patrick J. Thomas

20070172799 - Method for teaching verbs of foreign language: A method for teaching a foreign language and its verbs conjugations by focusing on understanding first and speaking second to help the student hear and say dialogs the real way natives speak. The student first listens to the conjugation or the text of the dialog read by the speaker the... Agent: Greenberg & Lieberman, LLC

20070172800 - Educational game: A multiplication game consisting of a perforated game board in which the assemblage of perforations forms a rectangular matrix. In a horizontal row of numerals printed on the rim of the board the numerals increase evenly in value from one end to the other end, and below each numeral is... Agent: Yoram Tsivion

20070172801 - Training device for extinguishing fires, method and system of use thereof: Devices for training in extinguishing fires comprising a control unit and a flame generation unit as well as methods and systems of use thereof are presented.... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20070172802 - Portable early learning sensory toy set for babies and infants: A portable early learning sensory system configured to aid the development of a child through interaction with a caregiver and to provide the caregiver with an explanation regarding the use of the objects in system to illicit developmentally appropriate responses from the child. The portable early learning sensory system includes... Agent: Lytle Patent Services, LLC

20070172803 - Skill evaluation: Software tools, methods and apparatus for objectively assessing surgical and medical procedural skills are described. Data corresponding to performance of a manipulative task by a subject is modeled using Markov modeling techniques and compared with stored models corresponding to each of a plurality of proficiency levels. A particular proficiency level... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20070172804 - Birthing simulator: Maternal and fetal birthing simulators are disclosed. The maternal simulator has a rotatable pelvis, legs articulated at the hip and knee joints, and a deformable covering that simulates the feel of the skin and underlying tissues. The maternal birthing simulator may optionally be used with a pressure-based uterine propulsive system.... Agent: Patentbest

20070172805 - Systems and methods for learning using contextual feedback: A method of supporting vocabulary and language learning by positioning at least one microphone so as to capture speech in the listening environment of a learner. The microphone is monitored to develop a speech signal. The speech signal is analyzed to determine at least one characteristic of the speech or... Agent: John S. Pratt, Esq Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP

20070172807 - Generating student profiles based on assessment/diagnostic test and student prescription: This invention is a computer based system for the assessment, management and instruction of students, and for the delivery of work pages and other instructional materials in the form of electronic student workbooks. The computer based assessment of the student produces a student profile including skill gaps or learning objectives.... Agent: Venable LLP

20070172806 - Grading students using teacher workbook: This invention is a computer based system for the assessment, management and instruction of students, and for the delivery of work pages and other instructional materials in the form of electronic student workbooks. The computer based assessment of the student produces a student profile including skill gaps or learning objectives.... Agent: Venable LLP

20070172809 - Meta-data and metrics based learning: The invention relates generally to a system and methodology for learning, and in particular for practicing for tests. The system and method employs algorithms for performing various analytics. A computerized system analyzes Meta-Data associated with the Tests, Questions and the learner/student response to those and provides information which helps the... Agent: Bourque & Associates Intellectual Property Attorneys, P.A.

20070172808 - Adaptive diagnostic assessment engine: Systems and methods provide educational adaptive diagnostic assessment of student performance by: a. receiving one or more parameters for an assessment and one or more sets of test questions for a sub-test; b. selecting a set of test questions from the sub-test; c. presenting the selected set of test questions... Agent: Tran & Associates

20070172810 - Systems and methods for generating reading diagnostic assessments: Systems and methods are disclosed to provide educational assessment of reading performance for a student by receiving a log-in from the student over a network; presenting a new concept to the student through a multimedia presentation; testing the student on the concept at a predetermined learning level; collecting test results... Agent: Tran & Associates

20070166667 - Methods and apparatus to provide training against improvised explosive devices: In one embodiment, an explosive device (IED) simulator usable with a laser detector is provided, the IED simulator comprising a laser transmitter and a first switch. The laser transmitter is capable of directing a laser signal to the laser detector, the laser signal comprising information readable by the laser detector,... Agent: Raytheon Company C/o Daly, Crowley, Mofford & Durkee, LLP

20070166668 - Optical sighting device for small arms: This invention is a device for attachment to a firearm allowing the individual to remain under cover while extending the weapon to view the field of fire, aim the weapon, and fire the weapon. The device consists of a lens projecting an image onto an array capable of converting the... Agent: Maximillian Kusz

20070166669 - Perspective tracking system: Resolution of perspective in three dimensions is necessary for intermeshing real players into simulated environments during virtual training exercises. With the advent of high resolution image sensors the ability to sense position and orientation using image capture devices is possible. The combination of small sized sensors and image recognition tracking... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20070166670 - Joint replica models and methods of using same for testing medical devices: Disclosed herein are joint replica models that are designed to enable simulated use testing by medical device companies, medical device designers, individual inventors, or any other entity interested in the performance of medical devices. These models are unique in possessing a level of complexity that allows them to be substituted... Agent: Beusse Wolter Sanks Mora & Maire

20070166671 - Display device: A display device having a display portion having a screen for viewing a motion picture video. The display device also includes a processing device in communication with the display portion capable of converting motion picture video data to a motion picture video on the screen and audio data in the... Agent: Mcnees, Wallace & Nurick LLC

20070166672 - System and method for just-in-time training in software applications: Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a method for just-in-time training in software applications including tracking usage of an application by a user, determining a task the user is attempting to perform based at least in part on the tracked usage, and offering training content to the user based... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070166673 - Abacus: An abacus for assisting in teaching the place value, addition (including carrying), and subtraction, (including borrowing) comprises (a) a least 2 substantially parallel bars; (b) at least 18 beads mounted and independently moveable along the axis of each of the substantially parallel bars; and (c) means for maintaining each of... Agent: Shlomo R. Frieman

20070166674 - Systems and methods for generating configuration metrics in a storage network: Methods and systems are provided for facilitating decision making through an improved recommendation system. The data used in the system, such as the questions and business logic for navigating between questions, is stored in relational database tables that are easy to access and edit by users. A backend application program... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20070166677 - Adaptive computer-based evaluation with constrained genetic algorithm: A computer-based method for evaluating a subject, based on presenting a session of evaluation exercises to the subject and automatically evaluating the subject's performance. The method comprises: providing a server, a data storage provided on said server, the storage provided with database that comprises personal identity data about the subject... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20070166676 - Cognitive training using guided eye movements: Computer-implemented method for enhancing cognitive ability of a participant using guided eye movements. Multiple graphical elements are provided for visual presentation to the participant, each having a value. A temporal sequence of at least two of the graphical elements are visually presented at a specified stimulus intensity, e.g., duration or... Agent: Huffman Law Group, P.C.

20070166675 - Cognitive training using visual stimuli: A computer-implemented method for enhancing cognition, e.g., for improving cognitive ability of a participant using visual stimuli. A set (or sets) of visual stimuli is provided for visual presentation to the participant. A visual stimulus from the set is visually presented to the participant. The participant is required to respond... Agent: Huffman Law Group, P.C.

20070166678 - Method and articles for providing education related to religious text: A doll is uniquely designed, so that a collection of dolls may be acquired, which recite excerpts from religious text. The collection provides playmates for young children and serves as an educational tool for teaching verses of the teachings of Jesus Christ. Each doll wears a unique brand of clothing,... Agent: Eugene Browning

20070166679 - Kinematics teaching method: An instructional approach that builds on stimulating the kinesthetic intelligence for the purpose of learning mathematics, reading, writing, language arts and science curriculum. At the heart of this methodology is the understanding that developing new knowledge (whether conceptual or informational) can best (for most people) take place when the new... Agent: Greenberg & Lieberman, LLC

20070166680 - Sports skill evaluation system: A sports skill evaluation system is provided which can perform a detailed skill analysis based on the level, match experience, age, sex and so forth of a user, careful advice based on a result of the skill analysis, rearing diagnosis in the future, estimation evaluation with the growth in the... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070166681 - Surgical simulator system: Disclosed is a surgical simulator for teaching, practicing, and evaluating surgical techniques. Such a simulator may comprise a cassette of organs, blood vessels, and tissues that may be disposable. The simulator also comprises a hemodynamic simulator and a frame assembly, the frame assembly providing support for the cassette of organs... Agent: Donna J. Russell

20070166682 - Medical training apparatus: A self contained medical training apparatus comprises a portable case defining a work space simulating a body cavity and having a port to allow introduction of a medical instrument to the working space from externally of the working space. A carousel is rotationally mounted in the working space for rotating... Agent: Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark & Mortimer

20070166683 - Dynamic lyrics display for portable media devices: Improved techniques for dynamically displaying text on a display screen of a portable media device while presenting media content are disclosed. The text being displayed is associated with and synchronized to the media content being presented. In one implementation, the dynamic nature of the text can scroll across the display... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20070166684 - System and method for creating a writing: The present invention provides an improved interactive system and method for creating a writing such as a review, report, essay, analysis or argument, for example, which method and system may be software, internet and/or computer-based. The method and system uses a sequence of primary questions corresponding to a chosen writing... Agent: Phillips Lytle LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070166685 - Automated skills assessment: An approach for automated skills assessment over a network is provided herein. Test subjects request an evaluation session via a phone call, email exchange, instant message exchange, or facsimile transmission. An information capture system facilitates the evaluation session forwarding prompts to the test subject and forwarding responses to a processing... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070166686 - 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 time in accordance with pre-established rules. Answer options can be presented randomly or... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20070166687 - Graphical user interface with improved media presentation: Improved graphical user interfaces and techniques for providing remote media content to users are disclosed. According to one aspect, an application window display on a display device can expose a user not only to local media content but also to remote media content that is associated with the local media... Agent: Technology & Innovation Law Group, PC

20070166688 - Multimedia standardized curriculum education system and method of operation: A self-contained multimedia presentation system presents a menu-driven classroom curriculum in compliance with standardized educational requirements. The disclosed system includes a multimedia presentation device for projecting video, images and playing audio recordings. The multimedia presentation device includes an embedded computing device having a minimal set of control functions for presenting... Agent: HulseyIPIntellectual Property Lawyers, P.C.

20070166689 - Checklist builder and reporting for skills assessment tool: An improved skills assessment tool hosted by a server downloads a checklist builder to a client as software component. When the software component is executed, a checklist builder interface is displayed through a browser at the client. A user creates checklist data through the checklist builder interface, which provides a... Agent: Strategic Patent Group, P.C.

20070166691 - Method for teaching: Aspects of the present invention include one or more of capturing educational presentations by presenters using instructional aids, making productions of these presentations available over an Internet connection to consumers of educational services, aiding selection of a particular topic and a particular presenter, and financially compensating presenters in accordance with... Agent: Jackson, Demarco, Tidus & Packenpaugh

20070166690 - Virtual counseling practice: A virtual counseling practice. The practice enables a counselor trained to provide counseling to a patient to hold counseling sessions within a virtual reality world. A counseling server, a counseling application, and a counseling database, supplement the patient and counselor session in the virtual world. The counseling application provides communication... Agent: Hughes Law Firm, PLLC

20070166692 - System and method for rapid generation of minimum length pilot training schedules: A system for rapidly generating minimum length pilot training schedules which uses a branch and bound, and a mixed integer programming model with constraints to produce student and resource schedules at a device period level for all pilots of an airline.... Agent: Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly LLP

20070166693 - Inaudible midi interpretation device: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program usable program code for transmitting information from a musical instrument digital interface file to a device adapted to provide tactile output. Tactile information is output from the device, wherein the tactile information corresponds to the information from the musical instrument digital interface... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20070160960 - System and method for calculating a projectile impact coordinates: A training system and method to calculate actual coordinates of a projectile impact at one or more screens has been disclosed. A projectile is launched at a screen. One or more targets are projected onto the screen. A calibrated sensor is directed at the screen surface. The sensor continually captures... Agent: D'ambrosio & Associates, P.l.l.c.

20070160961 - Transportation simulator: A simulator of various forms of mass transportation wherein one or more users interact with the vehicles as free-roaming, first-person avatars. This simulation will also allow a user and or multiple users to simulate various job duties associated with mass transportation. This simulation will broadcast jobs or tasks that one... Agent: Dubois, Bryant, Campbell & Schwartz, LLP

20070160962 - System and method for software training from a bootable media: An information handling system having a configured operating system boots to a removable medium to provide a training environment and training material for a training operating system. Training content runs over the training operating system so that an end user has access to functions of the training operating system for... Agent: Hamilton & Terrile, LLP

20070160963 - Candidate evaluation tool: Disclosed are a computer-implemented method and an associated system for use in evaluating candidates interviewed at events, such as job fairs, recruiting events, on-site invitational interviews, etc. Pre-event preparation includes inputting into a first computer system event specific information. During interviews, interviewers are provided with access to this information via... Agent: Frederick W. Gibb, Iii Gibb & Rahman, LLC

20070160964 - Tool and method for personnel development and talent management based on experience: A computer implemented method for managing experience information includes: defining an overall blueprint representing a collection of experiences in a two-dimensional matrix having a plurality of entries organized into a plurality of rows and columns such that each entry in the matrix corresponds to one experience in the collection; defining... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20070160965 - Child reward center: A motivational apparatus contains a supply of tokens. The apparatus includes a release mechanism for releasing one of the tokens, which may be actuated by a child as a reward for good behavior. After being released, the token is collected in a reservoir. The apparatus may include a token routing... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070160966 - Mannequin with more skin-like properties: A mannequin suitable for testing absorbent articles has a surface having a coefficient of friction of 0.8 to 1.28 as measured by the Coefficient of Friction Test disclosed herein and a contact angle of 94 to 106 degrees as measured by the Contact Angle Test disclosed herein. In various embodiments,... Agent: Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc.

20070160967 - Apparatus and methods for mounting a specimen in a solid material: This invention relates to an apparatus and methods for mounting specimens in a plastic or other solid casting material so that the mounted specimen may be examined and tested. The apparatus forms a flat window in the specimen casting or facilitates the formation of a flat window. The specimen may... Agent: Cyr & Associates, P.A.

20070160968 - Time-management teaching device: A time-management teaching device includes a clock-like arrangement which moves an indicator at a rate of one revolution per hour, a number of interchangeable annular elements adapted to be deployed around the clock-like arrangement, and a set of activity markers releasably attachable to any of the annular elements Each of... Agent: Dr. Mark M. Friedman C/o Bill Polkinghorn - Discovery Dispatch

20070160969 - Method and apparatus for associating user evaluations with independent content sources: A method, computer program product, and data processing system for delivering educational material and performing an evaluation of the progress of a recipient of that material are disclosed. According to a preferred embodiment, a community of instructor-users assembles a database of evaluation material corresponding to existing media content available via... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070160970 - Method and system for asynchronous online distributed problem solving including problems in education, business, finance, and technology: Systems and methods facilitating authoring and problem solving by joint contributors working separately but against a common goal. On-line asynchronous distributed authoring and problem solving system, method, and computer program for focusing attention toward particular authoring and problem solving topics using a threaded discussion group and reward matrix. System, method,... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20070160971 - Method for automated examination testing and scoring: A software based method of automatically recording and scoring tests is practiced on a system including a computer, a digital pen and a sheet of digitized paper, the method first establishing a number of virtual fields on the digitized paper, each which may contain either one allowable mark, or a... Agent: White & Fudala

20070160972 - System and methods for remote interactive sports instruction, analysis and collaboration: A system and methods for an interactive remote sports instruction, analysis and collaborative session between an instructor and students over a network connection on a LAN, WAN or Internet connection. This system consists of a combination of collaboration technologies such as video conferencing, voice, text messaging, synchronized video playback and... Agent: John Jay Clark

20070154870 - Customizable wireless education or occupational therapy tool having a switch unit and a transmitter unit: A wireless computer-aided occupational therapy and education tool for young children or children with developmental delays. The tool comprises a wireless input device and preferably a covering. The wireless input device of the tool comprises a switch, a transmitter, and identification code. The covering can be made in various shapes,... Agent: Yandi Ongkojoyo

20070154871 - Time/life theory: Physicists, astronomers and cosmologists agree the universe is composed of an infinitesimal amount of matter and an overwhelming volume of space and time. While science labors to define reality in terms of mass and matter, and generally accepts the relationship between space and time, it has yet to define the... Agent: Marc Kramis

20070154872 - Movement supporting method and apparatus: A movement supporting method includes the following steps: detecting a movement tempo of a user; determining whether a movement tempo detection value is within a target range; and outputting a warning when the movement tempo detection value is out of the target range.... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20070154873 - Facilitating medical emergency assistance: In another embodiment of the present invention, an medical emergency assistance apparatus comprises a visual display, an audible output device, a telephonic input device, medical emergency assistance situation options, means for selecting a desired one of the medical emergency assistance situation options, medical emergency assistance instructions and at least one... Agent: David O. Simmons Galasso & Associates Lp

20070154874 - Method and apparatus for predicting the operating points of bone cement: A method of predicting the operating state of a curable bone cement composition includes determining the impedance of the bone cement composition. The impedance is used to predict a number of operating states of the bone cement composition including end-of-work time and setting time.... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20070154875 - Apparatus, system and method for displaying information: An apparatus, a system and a method for displaying a visual signal and/or producing an audio signal are provided. The system and the method produce an audio signal and/or display a visual signal via a publication. The publication displays information. The publication has a display panel which displays a visual... Agent: Patents+tms A Professional Corporation

20070154876 - Learning system, method and device: A study aid apparatus provides an academic outline that is arranged three dimensionally through the use of a number of moving parts. Several modules, each devoted to a separate category, are attached to the face of a base member so that the several different category headings can be seen simultaneously.... Agent: Shelton E. Harrison, Jr.