Education and demonstration inventions

20090263765 - Methods and apparatus to provide training against improvised explosive devices: Method and apparatus for a training system for improvised explosive devices (IEDs). An IED training system can include an inert explosive component that can resemble a large round, rocket propelled grenade (RPG), or the like. Various triggers can activate visual and/or audio devices in response to triggering the system, such... Agent: Raytheon Company C/o Daly, Crowley, Mofford & Durkee, LLP

20090263766 - Styling hands: The present disclosure provides toy sets which incorporate at least one manikin hand configured to removably secure one or more artificial fingernails so that they can be decorated.... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20090263767 - Method for charting astrological events: A method of charting astrological events comprises the steps of obtaining a user's date of interest which is often a birthdate and using the date to chart the position of celestial objects at the date of interest on an astrological chart divided into 12 equal segments. The user selects a... Agent: Patwrite LLC

20090263768 - Generating an optimized analytical business transformation: A method, system, and computer program product for optimizing a Business Process Model (BPM) having at least one work process are presented. At a simulation client, a determination is made whether a simulated business outcome associated with a test BPM satisfies a business value deficiency associated with a current BPM.... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20090263769 - Method and system for arranging and displaying project management intelligence: A method and system for arranging, displaying, conveying, learning, and communicating project management intelligence utilizes a device formed of a plurality of 3-dimensional geometric polytopes movably connected together and movable relative to one another. The polytopes represent the domain of project knowledge, the domain of project process groups, and the... Agent: Kenneth A. Roddy

20090263771 - Contamination detection simulation systems and methods: Provided are contamination detection simulation systems and methods comprising a control unit that generates a first signal comprising data corresponding to a simulated source of contamination; a simulated detector that receives the signal from the control unit, the simulated detector positioned at a distance from a surface; a proximity detector... Agent: Mills & Onello LLP

20090263770 - System and method for simulating hazardous environments for portable detection meters used by first responders: The system and method for simulating hazardous environments provides simulated meter readings of hazardous environment for training first responder entry teams by controlling a simulated display provided to portable detection meters, such as via a wireless interface. The simulator provides meter reading displays for selected environments and allows for two-way... Agent: Fulwider Patton LLP

20090263772 - Physical education system: A method for group teaching of physical activity. The method includes: selecting a video, wherein the video displays instructions for at least one physical activity; assembling selected exercise equipment, wherein the exercise equipment is selected based on the instructions displayed in the video and a number of participants in the... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20090263773 - Breathing exercise apparatus and method: A breathing exercise apparatus includes (a) a graphical display, (b) input elements for receiving from a user durations for inhalation, exhalation and pause phases of a breathing exercise pattern; and (c) a controller for causing the graphical display to display a sequence of graphical images according to the received durations... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLPIPSection

20090263774 - Radiopaque artificial tooth: An artificial tooth is provided that mimic the essential features of natural a tooth for use in training dental professionals. The artificial tooth is a radiopaque artificial tooth that is capable of providing for anatomically correct contrast on a radiograph. The artificial tooth also mimics the hardness, debris characteristics, and... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20090263775 - Systems and methods for surgical simulation and training: A surgical simulation and training platform can mimic human physiology to the extent possible, while enabling dynamic pathology and complication introduction to facilitate training and evaluation needs. The platform can include a subject body having an outer surface and defining at least one cavity, with a capture mechanism configured to... Agent: Patent Department (51851) Kilpatrick Stockton LLP

20090263776 - Course development program: The present invention is directed to a method of operating a knowledge capture program. The knowledge capture program has the steps of starting the knowledge capture program wherein a user can access content that is either existing content or creating new content. Once the content has been selected then a... Agent: Warn, Hoffmann, Miller & Lalone, .p.c

20090263777 - Immersive interactive environment for asynchronous learning and entertainment: The present immersive interactive environment for asynchronous learning and entertainment enables customization a lesson embodied in at least one lesson data file residing on a computing device. This is accomplished by providing a lesson data file-editing program embodied in at least one sequence of computer executable instructions to an instructor... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20090263778 - System and method for real-time observation assessment: Techniques for real-time observation assessment are provided. The techniques, which are designed for educators, take advantage of handheld computers, desktop/laptop computers and Internet access in order to reduce the paperwork associated with conventional educational assessments. An array of instructional assessment applications are designed to run on handheld computers. The instructional... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090263779 - Method and system of providing a college level course from a third party provider to a college: The present invention relates to a system and method of providing a college level course from a third party provider to a college. The present invention allows the college to offer the course to its students as if the course was produced and offered by the college itself rather than... Agent: Passe' Intellectual Property, LLC

20090258331 - Interactive recipe preparation using instructive device with integrated actuators to provide tactile feedback: A user selects a recipe from a list of recipes. Preparation steps corresponding to the selected recipe are retrieved from a data store, such as a database. Each of the retrieved preparation steps is displayed sequentially to the user on a horizontal surface display that is included in an interactive... Agent: Ibm Corporation- Austin (jvl) C/o Van Leeuwen & Van Leeuwen

20090258332 - Interactive recipe preparation using instructive device with integrated actuators to provide tactile feedback: An interactive cooking preparation device that includes a flexible horizontal display surface is presented. A set of actuators located under the flexible horizontal display surface that, when activated, cause a tactile sensation on the display surface. A user selects a recipe from a list of recipes. A set of preparation... Agent: Ibm Corporation- Austin (jvl) C/o Van Leeuwen & Van Leeuwen

20090258333 - Spoken language learning systems: This invention relates to systems, methods and computer program code for facilitating learning of spoken languages. We describe a computing system to facilitate learning of a spoken language, the system comprising: a user interface to prompt a user of the system to produce a spoken language goal and to capture... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

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20090258335 - Imaging system simulator: A medical training and simulation system includes a plurality of inanimate objects, each being associated with an identification tag which stores an identification code which uniquely identifies an associated object. A database stores information of the objects. A reader reads a respective identification code of a selected object. An information... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090258336 - System and method for development of interpersonal communication: A method for facilitating communication between participants is provided. The method includes providing a plurality of individually-identifiable tokens to at least first and second participants, associating a unique question with each token, transferring a first token from the first participant to the second participant, asking the second participant the question... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20090253102 - Method for tracking soft tissue masses in images using directed graphs: Region of interest (ROI) corresponding to a soft tissue mass are tracked in a training video acquired by sonography. The locations of the ROI are used to construct a directed graph in which each node represents a location of the tracked ROI, and the edges represent temporal relations of the... Agent: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.

20090253103 - Devices, systems and methods for firearms training, simulation and operations: Methods and apparatus for providing firearms training without using traditional firearms. Replicas of firearms have control systems in communication with magazines inserted into the replicas to control the number of rounds that can be fired for each magazine. The control systems can also monitor, record and communicate data relating to... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20090253104 - Vision system: The invention relates to a vision system for representing synthetically generated images for the stimulation of night vision appliances, especially in training simulators for driving or flight training, and lighting and observation operations in night vision conditions. Said system comprises an image generator (17) for generating image signals of a... Agent: Venable LLP

20090253105 - Device for regulating eating by measuring potential: A device for regulating eating by measuring food intake data during meals by means of cutlery equipped with a handle and a food gripping head and by pedagogically restoring these data to the user to alter the movements and/or kinetics of his or her body during mealtimes characterized in that... Agent: Jacques Lepine 10 Rue D Alger

20090253106 - Manipulative visual language tool and method: The present invention relates to a manipulative visual language tool for teaching grammar and syntax of a language comprising at least one colored shape further comprising a graphical indicator, wherein said language comprises at least one grammatical part of speech, wherein said at least one grammatical part of speech comprises... Agent: Hiscock & Barclay, LLP

20090253107 - Multi-modal learning system: An instruction is presented to a user for making a target gesture. The target gesture may be a portion of an exemplary or model symbol. The instruction may be presented in various ways, such as being printed on a writing surface or being played in audio format through a speaker... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20090253108 - Method for testing executive functioning: A method testing executive functioning of a subject includes determining the subject's performance ceiling for performing at least one task and then measuring the subject's efficiency at performing the task at a difficulty level just below the performance ceiling, first without additional distractions and then with additional distractions. The subject's... Agent: Patrick R. Scanlon Preti Flaherty Beliveau & Pachios LLP

20090253109 - Haptic enabled robotic training system and method: A surgical training system comprising: a virtual environment including a virtual model of a surgical site; a trainer's haptic device for controlling a surgical tool in the virtual environment; a trainee's haptic device for controlling the surgical tool in the virtual environment, wherein the trainee's haptic device applies force feedback... Agent: Hodgson Russ LLP The Guaranty Building

20090253110 - School focus: School Focus is a product created to improve learning, reduce class truancy, raise revenues for schools, teachers local, state and federal government. This product uploads audio and video from within classrooms through the internet onto a School Focus computer. The computer converts audio into text and attaches website links to... Agent: Ludwig Franz Hurtado

20090253111 - Multimedia instructional system: A multimedia instructional guide allows a user to proceed step-by-step through a selected task. The guide stops at the end of each step until the user is ready to proceed to the next step. The information presented includes a collection of video clips, images, sounds, and text.... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20090253112 - Recommending questions to users of community qiestion answering: The present system graphs topic terms in stored cQA questions and also converts a submitted question into a graph of topic terms. Topic terms that correspond to a question topic are delineated from topic terms that correspond to question focus. New questions are recommended to the user based on a... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090253113 - Methods and systems for facilitating learning based on neural modeling: Methods and systems for promoting learning by presenting multiple concepts and forcing the viewer to imagine the relationship between them. Students can take notes by choosing clues and answers as they study. A flowchart indicating a teaching method is illustrated in FIG. 1 Oc. A teacher can begin by opening... Agent: Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP

20090253114 - Automatic trace analysis and comparison system for interactive learning and training systems: A learning and training process that memorizes traces of a learner solving an exercise, attaches meta labels to the learner traces, and compares the learner traces to reference traces of a referent solving the exercise, meta labels being attached to the reference traces.... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP