Education and demonstration inventions 09/09

20090239201 - Phonetic pronunciation training device, phonetic pronunciation training method and phonetic pronunciation training program: A phonetic pronunciation training device, phonetic pronunciation training method, and phonetic pronunciation training program is provided wherein pronunciation and sounds in language acquisition can be self-learned and listening skills, spelling skills and vocabulary can be enhanced. The present invention comprises at least a data base for storing phonetic pronunciation data... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090239202 - Systems and methods for providing an electronic reader having interactive and educational features: The present invention relates to an electronic reader. More particularly, the present invention relates to systems and methods for providing an electronic reader having interactive and educational features. Generally, the electronic reader allows a user to view text on a visually perceptible output device (e.g., a screen) and to interact... Agent: David B. Tingey

20090239203 - Apparatus and method for developing emotional literacy: Embodiments of the invention provide an apparatus and method for developing emotional literacy. Embodiments of the invention may be best suited for teaching preschool children, but the invention is not limited thereto. An embodiment of the invention provides an apparatus for teaching emotional literacy that includes: a first plurality of... Agent: Law Office Of Steven R. Olsen, PLLC

20090239204 - Tooth for jaw tooth model and method for producing the same: The present invention relates to a tooth to be used in a jaw tooth model which allows students under dental training to experience oral works and therapeutic practices. More particularly, the present invention relates to a tooth to be used for experiencing morphological studies in the formation of an anchor... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090239205 - System and method for algorithmic selection of a consensus from a plurality of ideas: A system and method for algorithmic selection of a consensus from a collection of ideas is disclosed. A group of ideas is provided to a group of participants for voting. Voting may occur in a single round or in several successive rounds, optionally until a consensus idea is chosen. Typically,... Agent: Altera Law Group, LLC

20090233259 - Genetic portrait of a person: A method for creation of a genetic portrait of at least one person is provided. The genetic portrait is capable of carrying both the image and genetic information about the person(s). The method comprises a step for producing an image portrait of the person(s) wherein the image portrait includes an... Agent: Aleksandr Smushkovich

20090233260 - Game for exposing employees to the risks and decisions associated with the operation of a business and methods regarding the same: An apparatus and method for a game and method for teaching persons about business. A game, method, and method of play for teaching employees how to operate a business, including various issues, decisions, and/or risks one faces when operating a business.... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

20090233261 - Educational tool: An educational tool includes a plurality of removable stickers, at least one sticker further comprising at least one word in both a first language and a second language. The stickers may be arranged in sheets and/or a book and are intended to be removably applied to objects in an environment... Agent: Myers Wolin, LLC

20090233262 - Method and system for computer-assisted test construction performing specification matching during test item selection: A method and system for constructing a test using a computer system that performs specification matching during the test creation process is disclosed. A test developer determines one or more test item databases from which to select test items. The test item databases are organized based on psychometric and/or content... Agent: Jones Day

20090233263 - System and method for teaching: A system and method for learning. In one embodiment, the system includes a teaching computer having a display module, a question and answer database, a testing module and a test question selection module. The question and answer database comprises a plurality of questions and corresponding answers to the questions, wherein... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090233264 - Systems and methods for indicating a test taker status with an interactive test taker icon: An aspect of the present invention relates to an online test platform adapted to facilitate the development, delivery, and management of educational tests with interactive participation by students, teachers, proctors, and administrators even when some or all of them are remotely located. The platform may include administrator interfaces, test proctor... Agent: Strategic Patents P.C..

20090233265 - Portable retractable erasable writing surface: A portable, retractable writing surface device provides a writing surface that may be extended from a housing and held sufficiently flat by the device to facilitate marking on the writing surface with a writing implement, such as a dry-erase marker, chalk, grease crayon, pencil, pen, permanent marker or the like.... Agent: Bromberg & Sunstein LLP

20090226859 - Educational games: Educational games designed to expose participants to areas of knowledge such as great works of literature and art are provided. Such educational games may be played either with or without a game board and are designed to be both effective and entertaining. Methods for playing such educational games are also... Agent: Robert E. Alderson, Jr.

20090226860 - Talk-n-drum foreign language and music program: A method of teaching language utilizing percussion instruments, an original repertoire of songs and specific body movements. Students unconsciously learn the structure and sound of words and complete phrases of the language by playing percussion instruments, speaking, chanting and singing specially composed songs combined with specific physical movements (auditive, kinesthetic... Agent: Talk-n-drum Corp.

20090226861 - Language skill development according to infant development: Methods and devices for stimulating an infant to develop additional phonetic categories, including: estimating the infant's development; and selecting an auditory piece appropriate to the estimated development. Wherein the auditory piece comprises isolated phonemes in the infant's parent's voice.... Agent: Active Knowledge Ltd.

20090226862 - Language skill development according to infant health or environment: Methods and devices for stimulating the development of phonetic categories by playing auditory pieces including isolated phonemes, including the steps of selecting the auditory pieces according to the infant's estimated development, and altering the selection when registering that the infant is ill. Other embodiments include receiving a measurement of the... Agent: Active Knowledge Ltd.

20090226863 - Vocal tract model to assist a parent in recording an isolated phoneme: Methods and computer programs for assisting a user to record at least one phoneme, quickly and accurately, including: showing the user an animation illustrating the movements in the vocal tract required to pronounce the phoneme; and recording the user.... Agent: Active Knowledge Ltd.

20090226865 - Infant photo to improve infant-directed speech recordings: Methods and computer programs for recording infant-directed speech, including: guiding a parent as to which sound to record; showing the parent an image of her infant, or asking the parent to look at an image of her infant, in order to encourage the parent to speak in an infant-directed manner;... Agent: Active Knowledge Ltd.

20090226864 - Language skill development according to infant age: Methods and devices operative to play auditory pieces to an infant for stimulating the development of phonetic categories. Optionally, the device determines the auditory pieces to be played to the infant according to the age of the infant. The auditory pieces including isolated phonemes in the infant's parent's voice.... Agent: Active Knowledge Ltd.

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20090226867 - Dynamic anthropomorphic cardiovascular phantom: A cardiovascular flow system includes: a cardiovascular model system, a pump system in fluid connection with the cardiovascular model system, and an ECG simulator in communicative connection with the pump system. The ECG simulator system is adapted to create and transmit a simulated ECG signal. The ECG simulator system uses... Agent: Gregory L Bradley Medrad Inc

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20090226869 - Method and apparatus for a voice-prompted electrical hookup: A method and system for connecting monitoring equipment is provided. A user is provided with instant voice feedback as they are connecting monitoring equipment. Such feedback can reduce or eliminate confusing hookup instructions and enable the user to use both hands to safely connect the equipment without the distraction of... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090226870 - Method and system for interactive learning: A method and system for interactive learning provides help for a user to improve their overall academic skill and automatic processing ability, while focusing on the four major areas of teaching; tactile, kinesthetic, visual, and auditory skills. The interactive learning games can be developed for any type of personal computer... Agent: Robert L. Rispoli Clayman, Tapper & Baram, LLC

20090226871 - System and method for reward-based education: A system and method for rewarding educational accomplishment is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes providing rewards to a user, such as a child, for achievement of one or more goals within an educational activity. The rewards are preferably credit in a form that is widely accepted by merchants... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090226872 - Electronic grading system: The present invention relates generally to computer programs and other systems and methods that provide methods for some or all of the following: developing, administering and grading tests, assignments and other evaluations, and analyzing, compiling and reporting the results. One simple embodiment of the present invention provides methods for educational... Agent: Nicholas L. Gunther

20090226873 - Indicating an online test taker status using a test taker icon: An aspect of the present invention relates to an online test platform adapted to facilitate the development, delivery, and management of educational tests with interactive participation by students, teachers, proctors, and administrators even when some or all of them are remotely located. The platform may include administrator interfaces, test proctor... Agent: Strategic Patents P.C..

20090226874 - Instructional design tool: An instructional design tool is provided for designing learning based applications. More specifically, the instructional design tool is configured to use captured expert knowledge for translating such knowledge into an environment used for instructional purposes. The instructional design tool includes at least one component configured to visually model a gaming... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090220922 - Fishing simulation method, fishing simulation execution method, and fishing simulator: The present invention relates to a fishing simulation method, a fishing simulation execution method, and a fishing simulator, and more specifically, to a fishing simulation method, a fishing simulation execution method, and a fishing simulator, in which a fishing activity procedure of detecting a fish school, gathering fish, and catching... Agent: Park Law Firm

20090220923 - Tactile user interface and related devices: An apparatus that includes an input having a surface area configured for altering its surface topology characteristic in accordance with a given function of an electronic device for providing a haptic operative input corresponding to said given function. There is a mechanism for altering surface topology of the surface area,... Agent: 212&#xb0 Consulting, Inc.

20090220924 - Device for visually associating categorized product features, and associated method: a set of transparent sheets (20a, 20b, . . . ) respectively associated to a plurality of products, each sheet having a keying arrangements (2000) complementary to those of the base, so that it can be placed over the readable pattern only in a given orientation, and each transparent sheet... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20090220925 - Educational game: An apparatus and method for playing an educational game suitable for one or more players that comprises a question set of ‘priming questions’, a question set of ‘token questions’, one or more substrate to define a playing surface of plural playing zones, wherein each playing zone relates to an individual... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20090220926 - System and method for correcting speech: A method and device for correcting mispronunciations of a user, the method comprising the following steps: providing a database comprising a plurality of records each of which comprising at least a textual and a vocal representation of a specific word; training a speech recognition module to recognize spoken utterances of... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090220927 - Articulator: An articulator has, between a flat upper part (having an anterior guide pin insertable at the front end) and a flat lower part approximately parallel thereto, supports which have an upper end which supports the upper part and which can be supported with a contact surface in the region of... Agent: Gibson & Dernier L.L.P.

20090220928 - Article with circuit actuating capability: An article with circuit actuating capability includes a first article part, a second article part formed with a pocket and linked to the first article part such that the first and second article parts being movable relative to each other, the pocket having an access opening, and a circuit built... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20090220929 - Pc-based simulator training system and methods: A simulation training system having a network system (10) establishing communications among a trainee client domain (20), a trainer client domain (30), a simulation training server system (40), and a simulation training database system (50). In operation, the trainee client domain (20) and the simulation training server system (40) provide... Agent: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP