Education and demonstration inventions 01/08

20080026347 - Paint color selection system and method: A self-contained paint color system and method is described comprising a handled carrying box, at least one container of a base color paint, a plurality of containers containing colored tints, and a “matchbook” styled booklet that incorporates coordinated and matching sheets and self-adhesive stickers. When utilizing this paint color selection... Agent: Law Offices Of John R. Mugno

20080026346 - Target system: A target system for a weapon effect simulation system. The target system includes a retro-reflecting prism having at least three back surfaces arranged to an incident simulation beam. At least one of the back surfaces includes a first, selectively reflecting layer arranged to reflect a simulation beam of a predetermined... Agent: Venable LLP

20080026348 - Scenario workflow based assessment system and method: A system and a method for automating performance assessments of an exercise or a training activity provide event assessment information in real-time to one or more evaluators in conjunction with unfolding events. The evaluators can wirelessly communicate assessment information to a database for after action review (AAR).... Agent: Welsh & Katz, Ltd

20080026349 - Behavior card game method and apparatus: A game that teaches learning children rewards for desirable behavior and punishments for undesirable behavior. One or more cards are given to a child or other learning person. The cards have indicia indicating a reward and the number of points required to receive the reward. Points are awarded, and preferably... Agent: Kremblas, Foster, Phillips & Pollick

20080026350 - Deep venous thrombosis (dvt) reduction system: A system for reducing the incidents of DVT for use by a person while seated during an extended airline flight and other periods of prolonged immobility. The system comprises an interval timing device having a predetermined repeatable count-down vibrating alarm in combination with a set of instructions for properly performing... Agent: Roger C. Turner

20080026351 - Sports training apparatus: The apparatus for sports training includes a vertical bar attached to the front of a vest or other garment. The bar is attached to the vest by brackets, which may be resilient and may include a releasable mechanism. The vest is configured to be worn so that the bar has... Agent: Fulwider Patton LLP

20080026352 - Training method and system: A system and method for certifying a trainee to use a device is disclosed. The system and method include a testing computer configured to create an answer log containing at least one answer given by the trainee to at least one question of a certification test and a centralized grading... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080026353 - Three-dimensional dental training system: A dental training system is provided for teaching direct restoration procedures for a tooth that has a color within a range of natural tooth colors. The system comprises a first restorative material couplable to a base tooth structure and having a first color outside the range of natural tooth colors.... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20080026354 - Modular wearable circuit: A modular wearable circuit suitable for demonstrating basic principles and/or concepts of electronics and electronic components by providing any number of the garments (10) that can cooperate as a set to define a variety of different circuits capable of performing electrical or electronic functions. Each garment includes an integrated conductive... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080026355 - Song lyrics download for karaoke applications: A method performed by a mobile terminal may include connecting to a network, selecting song lyrics to be downloaded to a mobile terminal, storing the downloaded song lyrics in the mobile terminal; and simultaneously playing a stored song while displaying the downloaded song lyrics on the mobile terminal. A method... Agent: Harrity Snyder, L.L.P.

20080026357 - Discipline oriented contextual learning software system: A method for contextual computer-based instruction concerning a discipline. Information-units that are relevant to the discipline are stored in a computer that includes interactive user-interface software. The user-interface software accepts at least one input data set having a data-type. Data sets are rendered as iconic representations with which the user... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080026356 - Student selector and timing device and method: An electronic student selector and timing device has a plastic casing 20, a liquid crystal student selector display 22 for displaying a selected student from a classroom or team pool, and a liquid crystal timer display 24 for displaying the time remaining for the selected student to respond or present.... Agent: Miguel Kagan

20080026358 - Systemic education module: An education module increases the faculties of students, such as the thoroughgoing digestion of information and the enlivening of the imagination, based on a tree structure concept that increases the scope of curriculums, and a hierarchical concept that increases the profundity of curriculums. Moreover, after finishing the basic curriculums, students... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080026359 - System and method for knowledge transfer with a game: An educational maze navigated through responses to questions provided at points in the maze enhances factual assimilation and retention for the user. The user selects responses to travel through the maze and is not immediately informed whether the selected responses are correct. Various indications can be provided to inform the... Agent: Weingarten, Schurgin, Gagnebin & Lebovici LLP

20080026360 - Instructional systems and methods for interactive tutorials and test-preparation: Systems and methods which provide for learning, particularly learning in a professional school environment, that allow for interactive question and answer study sessions in the form of learning tutorials and test preparation modules which can be used in conjunction with traditional classroom learning techniques or other learning techniques and provide... Agent: Lewis, Rice & Fingersh, Lc Attn: BoxIPDept.

20080020355 - Variable beam boresight device: A structure for visibly boresighting an invisible MILES-type laser beam emitted by a small arms transmitter to sights of a weapon intermittently projects a visible light beam that is parallel to the beam emitted by the MILES-type laser. Adjusting the visible beam to impinge on that portion of a target... Agent: Welsh & Katz, Ltd

20080020354 - Video surveillance system and method: Embodiments of the invention enable an operator to interact with a video surveillance system comprising at least one sensor. The sensor may be configured to operate as a simulated weapon, or may be replaced by or augmented with a real weapon and in either case the simulated or real weapon... Agent: Dalina Law Group, P.C.

20080020356 - Braille overlay member for a cell phone: A Braille overlay member for use with a wireless cell phone by a blind or visually-impaired user. The Braille overlay member has a Braille embossed section thereon. The Braille overlay member includes a back surface having an adhesive layer, the adhesive layer; the adhesive layer has a peelable cover sheet... Agent: Ezra Sutton, Esq. Plaza 9

20080020357 - Favored position globe: The invention is a favored position globe. The globe includes a stand, a frame having an inside radius slightly larger than a radius of a cross-section of the globe, the globe having an interior, and also having a magnetically responsive material secured to a location on the globe, and proximate... Agent: Steven Thrasher

20080020358 - Favored position globe: The invention is a favored position globe. The globe includes a stand, a frame having an inside radius slightly larger than a radius of a cross-section of the globe, the globe having an interior, and also having a weight secured to a location in the interior, such that the sphere... Agent: Steven Thrasher

20080020359 - Teaching aid device and method of teaching: A device for instructing mathematics includes a work surface and a plurality of movable elements. Each of the movable elements includes, on a front surface thereof, at least a portion of a visible mathematical symbol (including numeric and nonnumeric symbols) thereon readable via eyesight. Each of the movable elements further... Agent: Bartony & Hare, LLP

20080020360 - Model and method for simulating water treatment: A portable model and methods for simulating water treatment processes are presented. Included are a body of untreated drinking water, simulated sources of wastewater, and simulated drinking and wastewater treatment plants. In the simulated drinking water treatment plant, water is treated and stored for distribution though a simulated pipeline system.... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.

20080020361 - Computerized medical training system: A method of medical training includes presenting a user with a medical scenario within a medical simulation in which the user plays a physician. The medical scenario includes an interaction between the user and a patient. Performance data corresponding to the user is identified. The identified performance data is based... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20080020362 - Methods and apparatus for simulaton of endovascular and endoluminal procedures: Methods and apparatus provide realistic training in endovascular and endoluminal procedures. One embodiment includes modeling accurately the tubular anatomy of a patient to enable optimized simulation. One embodiment includes simulating the interaction between a flexible device and the anatomy and optimizing the computation. One embodiment includes replicating the functionality of... Agent: Daly, Crowley, Mofford & Durkee, LLP

20080020363 - Learning assessment method and device using a virtual tutor: Disclosed is a learning assessment method and device using a virtual tutor. The device comprises at least one action acquisition module, a virtual tutor synthesis module, and a learning assessment module. The method captures and analyzes a first and a second action-feature for a first and a second targets respectively,... Agent: Jason Z. Lin Lin & Associates Intellectual Property, Inc.

20080020364 - Web-based learning suite and method for its use: A method and system for providing integrated learning materials to a learner within an organization. The learning materials are generated by subject matter experts and compiled in a database on a server. The learning materials are organized corresponding to at least one topic into learning suites and further organized into... Agent: Cahn & Samuels, LLP

20080020366 - Individual examination execution device: In an individual examination execution device (101), examination question data and individual information are read from an examination question storage means (102) that stores the examination questions and an individual information storage means (103) that stores the individual information, respectively, and actual questions that are selectively generated according to the... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20080020365 - Learning apparatus using toy, and control method thereof: A toy type learning device and a method of controlling the toy type learning device are disclosed. A toy type input unit outputs a contents request signal in response to a user's key operation. A remote control unit converts the contents request signal into a wireless signal and outputs the... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20080020367 - Battle school: Educational materials are presented in the format of games such as role-playing where participants progress through game storylines within a game environment. Each game participant is assigned a game character having unique and dynamic attributes that can be modified as the character progresses through the game storylines. The characters encounter... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080014561 - Portable apparatus for visualizing and practicing wall finishes: A portable apparatus for visualizing or practicing a paint color, finish, technique, or texture includes a substrate having a primed first surface and a second surface having means for securing the substrate to a mounting surface, such as a wall. A method for visualizing and practicing a paint color, finish,... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20080014562 - Crystal ball enclosure structure: A crystal ball enclosure is disclosed. The enclosure comprises a housing having at least one spherical chamber, at least one crystal ball and rib rim as the spherical chamber holding the crystal ball, characterized in that the interior face of the spherical chamber is provided with a slot, and the... Agent: Leong C Lei

20080014563 - Method for recognising faces by means of a two-dimensional linear disriminant analysis: The invention relates to a method for recognizing faces in digital images consisting in providing for a knowledge base which contains face images and is hierarchical into several classes each of which comprises different images of the same person. The invention relates to pre-processing said knowledge base in such a... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20080014564 - Training device for forcibly opening a locked door: A training device is described for perfecting the art of forcibly opening a door in an emergency. The training device has a frame and a door placed in the frame. A dead bolt is mounted in the door and protrudes from the door in a locked position relative to the... Agent: Charles F. Costello Monahan & Costello LLC

20080014565 - Interactive communication device and method of use thereof: The present invention relates to an interactive device and method of using the device for initiating communication between players to discuss the player's emotions. The device utilizes tokens of various colors, each color depicting an emotion. As the players interact with each other during their regular daily activities, the players... Agent: Hahn Loeser & Parks, LLP

20080014567 - Clinical healthcare education process and system using remote technologies: A process is disclosed for presenting clinical content and skills to clinical healthcare students using remote technology. The process may replace or enhance traditional hands-on clinical healthcare education using remote two-way technology. The process may, for example, allow clinical healthcare students to participate in clinical experience not available locally via... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20080014566 - Virtual human interaction system: A virtual human interaction system for use on a PC or web-enabled computer facilitates the training and education of medical services practitioners by allowing them to virtually interact with a virtual patient delivered by the system and displayed on the computer screen. The system embodies a plurality of cases, and... Agent: Robert L. Stearns

20080014568 - Method and apparatus for correlating and aligning educational curriculum goals with learning content, entity standards and underlying precedents: A process for generating and deploying a real-time automatic independent learning plan (ILP) for a person based on academic curriculum standards. More specifically, an automated process is disclosed that includes as a first step testing and remediation for students to determine the assessment of that student's competency and mastery of... Agent: Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro, LLP

20080014569 - Teacher assisted internet learning: The present invention provides a learning system wherein students are provided with course content via the Internet and perform learning activities online. The students can be paired with teachers and other students as needed for learning. The system provides monitoring of students' activities with the learning material, and provides ranking... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080008983 - System and method for resolving conflict: Provided herein is a system and method for resolving conflict. The method includes the steps of providing a board having a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns that cooperate to define a plurality of positions, defining an intention, going to a starting position on the board that corresponds... Agent: Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro, LLP

20080008984 - Sports trainer: A simulated human torso is provided with a lateral slot and latch which permits the torso to be mounted on and slideable along the perimeter ropes of a boxing ring. The simulated human torso may also be provided with adjustable arms, target identifiers and the like to simulate defensive positions... Agent: Jack A. Kanz

20080008985 - Esubstitute : online substitute teacher scheduling system: The invention is an online web based system for use by schools districts both private and public which enables online scheduling of substitute teachers and provides for professional development of the substitute teachers.... Agent: Maretta Shaw

20080008986 - Product display: A display for two or more products having two or more three-dimensional visual aspects providing visual information about two or more products. The visual aspect has a first visual product, a second visual product, a first sampling aspect for the first visual product, a second sampling aspect for the second... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.