Patents Assigned to Breakthrough to Literacy, Inc.
  • Patent number: 6206700
    Abstract: An interactive adaptive learning system. A collection of core stimuli consisting of at least auditory and visual symbols and information, are stored on a computer. A number of different relationships between the core stimuli are created which can then be presented as discrimination or identification tasks to the user. Different sets of stimuli are then presented succeedingly to the user and the user is requested to respond. The form of response can either be to investigate and analyze the stimuli, or attributes of the stimuli, or answer of the quarry regarding the discrimination or identification task. The system has a built in strategy for progressing the user through learning tasks. The users actions and responses in reaction to the stimuli are all recorded and analyzed. Based not only on the success rate of the user responses, but also on other characteristics of the users reaction to the stimuli, the users learning strategy is classified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2001
    Assignee: Breakthrough to Literacy, Inc.
    Inventors: Carolyn J. Brown, Jerry N. Zimmermann
  • Patent number: 6186794
    Abstract: An interactive adaptive learning system. A collection of core stimuli consisting of at least auditory and visual symbols and information, are stored on a computer. A number of different relationships between the core stimuli are created which can then be presented as discrimination or identification tasks to the user. Different sets of stimuli are then presented succeedingly to the user and the user is requested to respond. The form of response can either be to investigate and analyze the stimuli, or attributes of the stimuli, or answer of the quarry regarding the discrimination or identification task. The system has a built in strategy for progressing the user through learning tasks. The users actions and responses in reaction to the stimuli are all recorded and analyzed. Based not only on the success rate of the user responses, but also on other characteristics of the users reaction to the stimuli, the users learning strategy is classified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2001
    Assignee: Breakthrough to Literacy, Inc.
    Inventors: Carolyn J. Brown, Jerry N. Zimmermann