Patents by Inventor Michael L. Chasen

Michael L. Chasen 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).

  • Publication number: 20230130900
    Abstract: A method to provide a remote classroom experience is provided. The method includes providing, to a first client device, a video feed of a virtual classroom, the video feed including a first breakout group with at least one student, receiving, from the first client device, a selection of a first breakout group and a teaching material, providing, to a second client device with the at least one student, a partial video feed of the virtual classroom including other student members of the first breakout group, providing the teaching material to the second client device based on the selection, receiving a feedback from the second client device, responsive to the teaching material, and providing the feedback from the second client device to the first client device. A system and a non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing instructions to perform the above method are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Michael L. Chasen, Wesley A. Boyer
  • Publication number: 20220013027
    Abstract: A method to provide a remote classroom experience is provided. The method includes receiving, in a server, a data feed from multiple participants in a group meeting, merging the data feed from each of the participants into a group presentation, and providing the group presentation to one or more of the participants. The method also includes tracking at least one application data from at least one participant in the group meeting and providing an assignment to a selected group of participants in the group meeting. The method also includes generating a grade of the assignment for each of the selected group of participants based on a template document stored in a database and providing, to the second participant, the grade of the assignment for each of the selected group of participants. A system and a non-transitory, computer readable medium storing instructions to perform the above method are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Michael L. Chasen, Wesley A. Boyer
  • Patent number: 11056014
    Abstract: A method to provide a remote classroom experience is provided. The method includes receiving, in a server, a data feed from multiple participants in a group meeting, merging the data feed from each of the participants into a group presentation, and providing the group presentation to one or more of the participants. The method also includes tracking at least one application data from at least one participant in the group meeting and providing an assignment to a selected group of participants in the group meeting. The method also includes generating a grade of the assignment for each of the selected group of participants based on a template document stored in a database and providing, to the second participant, the grade of the assignment for each of the selected group of participants. A system and a non-transitory, computer readable medium storing instructions to perform the above method are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: ClassEDU Inc.
    Inventors: Michael L. Chasen, Wesley A. Boyer
  • Patent number: 9053500
    Abstract: A system, method and medium for determining and displaying one or more locales on a web browser. The method can include the steps of providing in the web browser a plurality of display regions, associating a locale with a plurality of web pages, selecting by a user a user-specified locale, associating the locale with one or more particular display regions, and determining whether the locale is mandatory. If the locale is mandatory, content associated with the user-specified locale can be translated to content associated with the locale. Finally, content is displayed in the one or more particular frames in accordance with the locale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: BLACKBOARD INC.
    Inventors: Christopher E. Etesse, Jennifer R. West, Michael L. Chasen
  • Publication number: 20090317786
    Abstract: A system and methods for implementing education online by providing institutions with the means for allowing the creation of courses to be taken by students online, the courses including assignments, announcements, course materials, chat and whiteboard facilities, and the like, all of which are available to the students over a network such as the Internet. Various levels of functionality are provided through a three-tiered licensing program that suits the needs of the institution offering the program. In addition, an open platform system is provided such that anyone with access to the Internet can create, manage, and offer a course to anyone else with access to the Internet without the need for an affiliation with an institution, thus enabling the virtual classroom to extend worldwide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2009
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Inventors: Robert L. Alcorn, Daniel E. Cane, Michael L. Chasen, Timothy R. Chi, Stephen R. Gilfus, Scott Perian, Matthew L. Pittinsky
  • Patent number: 7558853
    Abstract: A system and methods for implementing education online by providing institutions with the means for allowing the creation of courses to be taken by students online, the courses including assignments, announcements, course materials, chat and whiteboard facilities, and the like, all of which are available to the students over a network such as the Internet. Various levels of functionality are provided through a three-tiered licensing program that suits the needs of the institution offering the program. In addition, an open platform system is provided such that anyone with access to the Internet can create, manage, and offer a course to anyone else with access to the Internet without the need for an affiliation with an institution, thus enabling the virtual classroom to extend worldwide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: Blackboard, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert L. Alcorn, Daniel E. Cane, Michael L. Chasen, Timothy R. Chi, Stephen R. Gilfus, Scott Perian, Matthew L. Pittinsky
  • Patent number: 7493396
    Abstract: A system and methods for implementing education online by providing institutions with the means for allowing the creation of courses to be taken by students online, the courses including assignments, announcements, course materials, chat and whiteboard facilities, and the like, all of which are available to the students over a network such as the Internet. Various levels of functionality are provided through a three-tiered licensing program that suits the needs of the institution offering the program. In addition, an open platform system is provided such that anyone with access to the Internet can create, manage, and offer a course to anyone else with access to the Internet without the need for an affiliation with an institution, thus enabling the virtual classroom to extend worldwide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: Blackboard, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert L. Alcorn, Daniel E. Cane, Michael L. Chasen, Timothy R. Chi, Stephen R. Gilfus, Scott Perian, Matthew L. Pittinsky
  • Patent number: 6988138
    Abstract: A system and methods for implementing education online by providing institutions with the means for allowing the creation of courses to be taken by students online, the courses including assignments, announcements, course materials, chat and whiteboard facilities, and the like, all of which are available to the students over a network such as the Internet. Various levels of functionality are provided through a three-tiered licensing program that suits the needs of the institution offering the program. In addition, an open platform system is provided such that anyone with access to the Internet can create, manage, and offer a course to anyone else with access to the Internet without the need for an affiliation with an institution, thus enabling the virtual classroom to extend worldwide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2006
    Assignee: Blackboard Inc.
    Inventors: Robert L. Alcorn, Daniel E. Cane, Michael L. Chasen, Timothy R. Chi, Stephen R. Gilfus, Scott Perian, Matthew L. Pittinsky
  • Publication number: 20040167822
    Abstract: A transaction system conducts online transactions between a community of users associated with an organization and off-site vendors. Each user has an account for use in on-site transactions and other activities. The transaction system displays online items offered for sale by off-site vendors. The system can receive an order from a user for an item offered by an off-site vendor. The system determines if sufficient funds exist in the account of the user for the order and, if so, charges the account of the user for the order and transmits the order to the off-site vendor for order fulfillment. The system then pays the off-site vendor for the order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2003
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Applicant: Blackboard Inc.
    Inventors: Michael L. Chasen, Timothy R. Chi, Christopher E. Etesse, William H. Langford, Jianjun Xu
  • Publication number: 20040030781
    Abstract: A system, method and medium for determining and displaying one or more locales on a web browser. The method can include the steps of providing in the web browser a plurality of display regions, associating a locale with a plurality of web pages, selecting by a user a user-specified locale, associating the locale with one or more particular display regions, and determining whether the locale is mandatory. If the locale is mandatory, content associated with the user-specified locale can be translated to content associated with the locale. Finally, content is displayed in the one or more particular frames in accordance with the locale.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2003
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Applicant: Blackboard Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher E. Etesse, Jennifer R. West, Michael L. Chasen