Education and demonstration inventions 08/09

20090215011 - Method, system and computer program product for providing a simulation with advance notification of events: A first computer simulation may be based on a model of a simulated system, said model having a plurality of state variables. Input data from a first user input interface may represent user interaction with said first computer simulation, while input data from a second user input interface may represent... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090215012 - Training system for card games: A set of training cards provide information and statistics related to various combinations of hands in games involving standard playing cards, such as Texas Hold'em poker. For example, one side of the card includes a first hole card region, a first flop card region, and a first turn card region.... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20090215013 - Educational device and method of use: A method of counting in multiples uses an educational device comprising a base and a set of ten markers positioned on the base spaced apart from one another along a generally annular path. Each marker is associated with a respective one of a range of numbers 0 through 9 in... Agent: Ade & Company Inc.

20090215014 - Forcible entry training device: Systems and methods for providing realistic simulation of forcible entry techniques using replaceable components that are designed to be deformed and/or destroyed during use. One embodiment includes a simulator having a door frame, a door pivotally mounted on the door frame, and at least one training station sub-unit that is... Agent: Law Offices Of Mark L. Berrier

20090215015 - Method and apparatus for developing a proper tooth brushing technique: One embodiment of the present invention includes a signaling device capable of assisting a child to develop a tooth brushing technique. The signaling device includes a toothbrush and an extension device, which is affixed to the tooth brush. The extension device is coded with a plurality of patterns that can... Agent: Gene I. Su

20090215016 - Device for the determination of parameters particularly for therapeutic compression means on limbs: A device for the determination of parameters, particularly for therapeutic compression measures on limbs (10), comprises an anatomically-modelled limb (10), to which the compression measures may be applied, with sensors (42), provided on the limb (10), for recording said parameter. The surface (44) of the limb (10) is at least... Agent: Dreiss, Fuhlendorf, Steimle & Becker

20090215017 - Device for checking anesthesia and ventilation units: Apparatus for checking anaesthesia and ventilation devices, in the form of a test lung, comprising a lung sac, elastically deformable lobes, an inlet nozzle and adjustment means for adjusting the simulation parameters, the test lung being in the form of a compact unit and permitting the simulation of different lung... Agent: Gibson & Dernier L.l.p.

20090215018 - Remote observation system and method of use: The system enables the observer(s) to record video and audio received from the remote location. The systems and methods enable the capture, storage, and management of metadata linked to the observation video and audio. The systems and methods enable communication between users and enables sharing of metadata. The systems and... Agent: Innovative Works, Llc

20090215019 - System and method for interactive education: A method for interactive education includes publicly broadcasting an educational program at a first time, inciting a user to record the educational program, inciting a student to view the educational program at a second time later than the first time, inciting the student to use a computer processor and an... Agent: Andrew F. Knight

20090215020 - Invitation for transferring objects in a communications network: A method, apparatus and a system for retrieving data relating to at least one of a student's homework, exam or solution to a problem from at least one calculator via a network, wherein the handheld calculator is utilized by the student. The method includes presenting an invitation from at least... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20090215021 - Robotic game system for educational competitions: Robotic game system for education of the electrical, mechanical, design and strategic arts containing elements for robotic remote control and autonomous action in inter-team competitions with illustrative examples of said education materials and components.... Agent: Visualedge, Inc. - Patents

20090208910 - Automated execution and evaluation of network-based training exercises: This disclosure generally relates to automated execution and evaluation of computer network training exercises, such as in a virtual machine environment. An example environment includes a control and monitoring system, an attack system, and a target system. The control and monitoring system initiates a training scenario to cause the attack... Agent: Shumaker & Sieffert, P. A.

20090208911 - Flight simulator yoke: A flight simulator yoke is provided having a single handle having a handgrip and yoke shaft operable from a left side of a user, wherein a neutral position for the handle is at a 45 degree angle. The yoke may further include two trim axes traverse to each other; and... Agent: Schmeiser Olsen & Watts

20090208912 - Process that produces two-dimensional symbols from words: A process that occurs within a border made up of the twenty-six-letter English alphabet that produces two-dimensional symbols from words by creating one continuous line from the first letter of a word being processed to the next letter of the same word being processed. This process continues in one unbroken... Agent: Susan K. Voigt

20090208913 - System and method for expressive language, developmental disorder, and emotion assessment: In one embodiment, a method for detecting autism in a natural language environment using a microphone, sound recorder, and a computer programmed with software for the specialized purpose of processing recordings captured by the microphone and sound recorder combination, the computer programmed to execute the method, includes segmenting an audio... Agent: Patton Boggs LLP

20090208914 - Door breach training system: A door breach training system comprising a first restraint assembly connecting a door to a frame. The door is attached to a lock jamb of the frame with a first restraint assembly that exposes a shear joint to impact from a projectile, such as shotgun round. Another embodiment further comprises... Agent: Gunn & Lee, P.C.

20090208915 - Clinical assessment and training system: A system for medical training includes an anatomical simulator modeled after at least a portion of a body, the simulator including at least one external surface, and at least one cavity in fluidic communication with the external surface via a cavity. The system further includes at least one internal sensor... Agent: Frank C. Nicholas Cardinal Law Group

20090208916 - System for delivering an educational program to a remote site and for monitoring participation therein: A system for delivering an educational program to a participant at a remote site and for monitoring participation therein. The system includes a server computer, a client computer and prompting means to monitor participation by the participant. The server computer has educational program software and interacts with the client computer... Agent: Pandiscio & Pandiscio, P.C.

20090208917 - Developmental system for teaching children healthy mind, body and social habits: An apparatus and method for planning and tracking meals and activities comprising a display panel having a first and second side, a plurality of manipulatives for releasable attachment to the first and second sides, and an attachment device for releasably securing the display panel to a surface. A portion of... Agent: Summa, Additon & Ashe, P.A.

20090202964 - Driving safety assessment tool: A system and method for driving assessment includes multiple data sources, wherein results of tests from at least some of the multiple data sources are integrated. A driving assessment report including a driving recommendation is provided based on the integrated results. The multiple data sources may include cognitive tests, a... Agent: Weingarten Schurgin Gagnebin & Lebovici, LLP Abbo

20090202965 - Methods and machine-readable media for interactive educational tools: An application teaches a student elementary mathematics. A specific embodiment contains 4 modules: 1. Tutorial and Practice; 2. Homework Helper; 3. Test Simulation; 4.Parental Control. Specific embodiments of the 1st and 2nd Modules have a Help feature. The questions in the tutorial and Practice module are automatically and randomly generated... Agent: Matthew E. Burr

20090202966 - Method for assessing auditory attention and vigilance: Provided are methods for assessing the attentional state of a subject by scoring the subject's response to auditory stimuli. The methods can be used to diagnose psychological and behavioral disorders, such as attention deficit disorder or hyperkinetic disorder.... Agent: Clark & Elbing LLP

20090202967 - Computer-based evaluation tool for organizing and displaying results of dataset analysis: A study that has a set of questions asked of a number of respondents and a set of corresponding answers. An evaluation tool evaluates every answer to a selected question to identify key terms therein, and develops a corresponding key term cloud based on the identified key terms of the... Agent: Rudoler & Derosa LLC Attn: Docket Clerk

20090202968 - Systems and methods for combining electronic educational and entertainment media: In accordance with one aspect, electronic visual media is deemed by the user as interruptible or not interruptible. In accordance with another aspect, a timer determines when to interrupt interruptible media. In another aspect, media is interrupted by educational media comprising a question that is subsequently answered by a user.... Agent: Steve Falcon

20090202969 - Customized learning and assessment of student based on psychometric models: A method, a device and a computer readable storage medium for conducting a customized educational session to assess or teach a student by selecting contents for presentation to the student based on descriptors associated with questions and/or incorrect responses. The contents presented include both questions for assessing the student's knowledge... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20090202971 - On track-teaching: An interactive learning and behavioral modification system that utilizes computer hardware and software to create a learning scheme that is portable, individualized, and adjusts to each student. The system analyzes and manipulates the answers or data supplied by the students by a variety of means and then generates a new... Agent: John Bargero

20090202970 - Single-click support for curriculum: At the click of a button, a student is connected with a live expert or teacher along with the resource the student is viewing. The student and the expert both have the same learning resource in a shared environment and the expert is able to help the student. After the... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLPIPSection

20090202972 - Bi-directional communication of simulation information: Systems, methods, and associated software for providing a virtual reality experience for a user, particularly a virtual training experience, are described herein. A server associated with a virtual training system according to one embodiment, among others, comprises memory and a network interface. The memory is configured to store virtual training... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

20090202973 - Computer-based evaluation tool for organizing and displaying results of study interview: A study that has a set of questions asked of a number of respondents and a set of corresponding answers. An evaluation tool evaluates every answer to a selected question to identify key terms therein, and develops a corresponding key term cloud based on the identified key terms of the... Agent: Rudoler & Derosa LLC Attn: Docket Clerk

20090202974 - Educational bathroom play station: An educational bathroom play station for teaching bathroom hygiene to children includes a bathroom vanity ergonomically adapted for use by a child and having a base unit with a sink, a top unit above the base unit, and a plurality of designated spaces for toiletry items. A plurality of buttons... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20090202975 - Virtual blasting system for removal of coating and/or rust from a virtual surface: A computer simulation and virtual reality system simulates the use of a blasting nozzle to remove one or more coatings and/or rust from a virtual surface. The user operates an electronic controller in the form of a blasting nozzle that outputs a signal indicating whether the blasting nozzle controller is... Agent: Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall, LLP

20090202964 - Driving safety assessment tool: A system and method for driving assessment includes multiple data sources, wherein results of tests from at least some of the multiple data sources are integrated. A driving assessment report including a driving recommendation is provided based on the integrated results. The multiple data sources may include cognitive tests, a... Agent: Weingarten Schurgin Gagnebin & Lebovici, LLP Abbo

20090202965 - Methods and machine-readable media for interactive educational tools: An application teaches a student elementary mathematics. A specific embodiment contains 4 modules: 1. Tutorial and Practice; 2. Homework Helper; 3. Test Simulation; 4.Parental Control. Specific embodiments of the 1st and 2nd Modules have a Help feature. The questions in the tutorial and Practice module are automatically and randomly generated... Agent: Matthew E. Burr

20090202966 - Method for assessing auditory attention and vigilance: Provided are methods for assessing the attentional state of a subject by scoring the subject's response to auditory stimuli. The methods can be used to diagnose psychological and behavioral disorders, such as attention deficit disorder or hyperkinetic disorder.... Agent: Clark & Elbing LLP

20090202967 - Computer-based evaluation tool for organizing and displaying results of dataset analysis: A study that has a set of questions asked of a number of respondents and a set of corresponding answers. An evaluation tool evaluates every answer to a selected question to identify key terms therein, and develops a corresponding key term cloud based on the identified key terms of the... Agent: Rudoler & Derosa LLC Attn: Docket Clerk

20090202968 - Systems and methods for combining electronic educational and entertainment media: In accordance with one aspect, electronic visual media is deemed by the user as interruptible or not interruptible. In accordance with another aspect, a timer determines when to interrupt interruptible media. In another aspect, media is interrupted by educational media comprising a question that is subsequently answered by a user.... Agent: Steve Falcon

20090202969 - Customized learning and assessment of student based on psychometric models: A method, a device and a computer readable storage medium for conducting a customized educational session to assess or teach a student by selecting contents for presentation to the student based on descriptors associated with questions and/or incorrect responses. The contents presented include both questions for assessing the student's knowledge... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20090202971 - On track-teaching: An interactive learning and behavioral modification system that utilizes computer hardware and software to create a learning scheme that is portable, individualized, and adjusts to each student. The system analyzes and manipulates the answers or data supplied by the students by a variety of means and then generates a new... Agent: John Bargero

20090202970 - Single-click support for curriculum: At the click of a button, a student is connected with a live expert or teacher along with the resource the student is viewing. The student and the expert both have the same learning resource in a shared environment and the expert is able to help the student. After the... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLPIPSection

20090202972 - Bi-directional communication of simulation information: Systems, methods, and associated software for providing a virtual reality experience for a user, particularly a virtual training experience, are described herein. A server associated with a virtual training system according to one embodiment, among others, comprises memory and a network interface. The memory is configured to store virtual training... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

20090202973 - Computer-based evaluation tool for organizing and displaying results of study interview: A study that has a set of questions asked of a number of respondents and a set of corresponding answers. An evaluation tool evaluates every answer to a selected question to identify key terms therein, and develops a corresponding key term cloud based on the identified key terms of the... Agent: Rudoler & Derosa LLC Attn: Docket Clerk

20090202974 - Educational bathroom play station: An educational bathroom play station for teaching bathroom hygiene to children includes a bathroom vanity ergonomically adapted for use by a child and having a base unit with a sink, a top unit above the base unit, and a plurality of designated spaces for toiletry items. A plurality of buttons... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20090202975 - Virtual blasting system for removal of coating and/or rust from a virtual surface: A computer simulation and virtual reality system simulates the use of a blasting nozzle to remove one or more coatings and/or rust from a virtual surface. The user operates an electronic controller in the form of a blasting nozzle that outputs a signal indicating whether the blasting nozzle controller is... Agent: Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall, LLP

20090197222 - Ball rolling unit: A ball rolling unit for fun to initiate vision and hand coordination for pre-school children includes multiple canopies, a section of course extending downward at a certain inclination being sewn to each canopy; an inner peripheral of each course and its corresponding sides being sewn with hooks and loops of... Agent: Pro-techtor International Services

20090197223 - Map in azimuthal equidistant hemispheric projection with reduced distortion: According to one embodiment, world maps in the Azimuthal Equidistant (AE) Hemispheric projection are formed by depicting the main hemisphere of a globe in full and the opposing hemisphere in the form of two semi-hemispheres contiguous two spaced side portions of the main hemisphere. Any city (or location) of interest... Agent: Yasuo Shinozuka

20090197224 - Language learning apparatus, language learning aiding method, program, and recording medium: There is provided a language learning apparatus, which includes an inputting portion to which a voice signal is input, a time stretching portion which compresses or expands the voice signal in a time axis direction such that a phonation period of a voice indicated by the voice signal input into... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

20090197225 - Reading level assessment method, system, and computer program product for high-stakes testing applications: A computer-implemented method, system, and computer program product for automatically assessing text difficulty. Text reading difficulty predictions are expressed on a scale that is aligned with published reading standards. Two distinct difficulty models are provided for informational and literary texts. A principal components analysis implemented on a large collection of... Agent: Mayer Brown LLP

20090197226 - Age and the human ability to decode words: Embodiments relate to a method, a system and a computer readable medium having instructions for determining a reading fluency starting age comprising testing a population of different ages on an alphabetical test comprising reading a sentence, ranking a reading fluency score on the alphabetical test versus ages of the population,... Agent: Sonya Davey

20090197228 - Data management systems for collision repair coaching: A system for on-site collection of evaluation data at a vehicle repair installation site is disclosed. Generally the system includes a computing tool connected to a database, a workflow operations guiding module that runs on the computing tool, an evaluation module, a comparison module, a data-mining module, a certification module,... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090197227 - Relationship performance system and method: An apparatus for negotiating a work role relationship between two participants, comprising a Dialog and Agreement Board with multiple in-dialog areas where participants place one or more cards representing elements or parts of the work role relationship or personal characteristics related to the work role, and with a commitment area... Agent: W. Edward Ramage

20090197229 - Hazard suppression training simulator and method of training: A hazard-suppression training simulator for training, for example, first responders, is provided. The simulator includes a housing; at least one source of sensation (for example, a visual or an audio sensation) representing a hazardous condition, for example, a fire; at least one sensor adapted to detect a simulated or an... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC

20090197230 - Method of managing swimming pool activities: A method of managing the activities of adolescents attending a swimming pool facility consisting of identifying nonswimmer adolescents attending the facility, requiring such adolescents to take and pass a swimming test, issuing attire signifying passing such test, requiring such adolescents to wear such attire when entering the pool and barring... Agent: Novak, Druce & Quigg LLP

20090197231 - Toilet training using absorbent article packaging: Presented is packaging for supplying disposable personal care products to a caregiver and for enhancing toilet training of a child, the packaging including a storage bin having a storage bin bottom and a reclosable cover and defining an interior space; a plurality of disposable personal care products disposed in the... Agent: Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc. Catherine E. Wolf

20090197232 - Matching learning objects with a user profile using top-level concept complexity: In a method and system for matching learning objects with a user profile, a top-level concept structure, including a keyword hierarchy for each of one or more top-level concepts, can be used to determine the complexity of a learning object. The learning object can include one or more learning object... Agent: Strategic Patent Group, P.C.

20090197233 - Method and system for test administration and management: Methods and systems are disclosed for test administration and management. A server or server system presents an interface to a client web browser over a network. A user of the client web browser selects a test taker, a test, and a destination identifier. The server or server system may then... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20090197236 - Implementing user-generated feedback system in connection with presented content: Users are enabled to provide structured feedback in connection with interactive presentations by responding to a plurality of predefined questions in connection with a plurality of author predefined points. As each question is presented, the user responds and is then presented with a plurality of supporting statements. The user can... Agent: Law Offices Of Ronald M Anderson

20090197235 - Instruction system and method: A system and method for computer-aided learning that provides for selecting question information from a structured data source and presenting a question to a networked user at irregular or otherwise predetermined time intervals. Described also is measuring the length of time required for the user to respond to the question... Agent: Peter James Tormey

20090197234 - System and method for a virtual school: The present invention is directed at a software system for use in an online educational environment. In one embodiment, a software system combines and allows communication between a student management system, a learning management system, and various other portals are interconnected and communicate with one another to allow for an... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (main)

20090197237 - System and methods for sequencing learning objects based upon query and user relevancy: A system for generating a sequence of learning objects comprising an e-Learning course is provided. The system can include one or more processors and a memory unit for electronically storing data comprising a plurality of learning objects. The system further can include a sequence builder configured to execute on the... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20090197238 - Educational content presentation system: An educational content presentation system and a file format for facilitating learning in that presentation system are provided. The presentation system receives an archival file, such as a ZIP file, that comprises a manifest, one or more activities, and one or more libraries. The manifest associates activities with educational content... Agent: Turocy & Watson, LLP

20090197239 - Ching-min huang education system: The proposed new education system, C.-M. Huang Education System, is according to the “Education Theory of Ching-Min Huang—General Education and Specialized Learning”.... Agent: Ching-min Huang