Patents by Inventor C. Bret Elzinga

C. Bret Elzinga has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8874023
    Abstract: Dynamic systems and methods for gathering/tracking data, automatically adapting to an individual's pace of learning, selectively determining the type of content provided to an individual, selectively providing an exposure frequency for the content, and/or enabling rapid design modifications within the educational environment. Educational content is dynamically designed and customizably presented to an individual learner. An analysis is performed on the data to optimize learning. Modifications are selectively or automatically made to the educational content. The process of designing, implementing, analyzing, and selectively modifying creates a cycle that optimizes the learning process and adapts to individual learners. Furthermore, the educational content is dynamically provided to the learner on an iterative basis according to the need of that learner in the learning process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Intellectual Reserve, Inc.
    Inventors: C. Bret Elzinga, Kent S. Parry, Sherrie L. Spencer, Joseph B. South, Raeiyan Williams
  • Publication number: 20130130219
    Abstract: Dynamic systems and methods for gathering/tracking data, automatically adapting to an individual's pace of learning, selectively determining the type of content provided to an individual, selectively providing an exposure frequency for the content, and/or enabling rapid design modifications within the educational environment. Educational content is dynamically designed and customizably presented to an individual learner. An analysis is performed on the data to optimize learning. Modifications are selectively or automatically made to the educational content. The process of designing, implementing, analyzing, and selectively modifying creates a cycle that optimizes the learning process and adapts to individual learners. Furthermore, the educational content is dynamically provided to the learner on an iterative basis according to the need of that learner in the learning process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Inventors: C. Bret Elzinga, Kent S. Parry, Sherrie L. Spencer, Joseph B. South, Raeiyan Williams
  • Patent number: 8182270
    Abstract: Dynamic systems and methods for gathering/tracking data, automatically adapting to an individual's pace of learning, selectively determining the type and difficulty of content provided to an individual, selectively providing an exposure frequency for the content, and/or enabling rapid design modifications within the educational environment. Educational content is dynamically designed/developed and customizably presented to an individual learner. An analysis is performed on the data to optimize learning. Modifications are selectively or automatically made to the educational content. The process of designing, implementing, analyzing, and selectively modifying creates a cycle that optimizes the learning process and adapts to groups and individual learners with the goal of improving learning outcomes and efficiency. Furthermore, the educational content is dynamically provided to the learner on an iterative basis according to the need of that learner in the learning process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Intellectual Reserve, Inc.
    Inventors: C. Bret Elzinga, Kent S. Parry, Sherrie L. Spencer, Joseph B. South, Raelynn Williams
  • Publication number: 20030065544
    Abstract: A computerized system and method for optimizing a schedule that is filled with a plurality of events are disclosed. The system comprises means for defining a framework to serve as the schedule and means for determining an optimization value. The means for defining a framework populates the framework with the plurality of events, selected of the plurality of events being immutable. The means for determining an optimization value makes its determination based on the placement of the plurality of events after placement of the immutable events and it also determines whether the optimization value achieves a threshold best-solution value. If the threshold value is not reached, the framework defining means will what iperform event swapping to improve the optimization value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2001
    Publication date: April 3, 2003
    Inventors: C. Bret Elzinga, Keith Borrowman, Jacob Anderson, David John Dewey, Dale Rowley
  • Patent number: 6077085
    Abstract: The systems, methods and apparatus of preferred embodiments of the present invention provide an integrated instructional system directed to learning a specific task or concept. Some embodiments are particularly suited for language instruction and some embodiments will accommodate a group of students with differing native languages. This is accomplished in the exemplary embodiment through the use of a template and database system wherein computer activity templates are programmed to perform a task or carry out an exercise. An activity template accesses data stored in a multilingual language database according to a student's needs or preferences. Embodiments of the present invention also provide a review method and system which optimize study efficiency by managing the content of review sessions according to each student's individual familiarity with those concepts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2000
    Assignee: Intellectual Reserve, Inc.
    Inventors: Kent Parry, C. Bret Elzinga