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).
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Publication number: 20230130900Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Inventors: Michael L. Chasen, Wesley A. Boyer
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Publication number: 20220013027Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2021Publication date: January 13, 2022Inventors: Michael L. Chasen, Wesley A. Boyer
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Patent number: 11056014Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 13, 2020Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: ClassEDU Inc.Inventors: Michael L. Chasen, Wesley A. Boyer
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Patent number: 9053500Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 22, 2003Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignee: BLACKBOARD INC.Inventors: Christopher E. Etesse, Jennifer R. West, Michael L. Chasen
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Publication number: 20090317786Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2009Publication date: December 24, 2009Inventors: Robert L. Alcorn, Daniel E. Cane, Michael L. Chasen, Timothy R. Chi, Stephen R. Gilfus, Scott Perian, Matthew L. Pittinsky
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Patent number: 7558853Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 29, 2006Date of Patent: July 7, 2009Assignee: Blackboard, Inc.Inventors: Robert L. Alcorn, Daniel E. Cane, Michael L. Chasen, Timothy R. Chi, Stephen R. Gilfus, Scott Perian, Matthew L. Pittinsky
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Patent number: 7493396Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 13, 2005Date of Patent: February 17, 2009Assignee: Blackboard, Inc.Inventors: Robert L. Alcorn, Daniel E. Cane, Michael L. Chasen, Timothy R. Chi, Stephen R. Gilfus, Scott Perian, Matthew L. Pittinsky
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Patent number: 6988138Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 30, 2000Date of Patent: January 17, 2006Assignee: Blackboard Inc.Inventors: Robert L. Alcorn, Daniel E. Cane, Michael L. Chasen, Timothy R. Chi, Stephen R. Gilfus, Scott Perian, Matthew L. Pittinsky
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Publication number: 20040167822Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2003Publication date: August 26, 2004Applicant: Blackboard Inc.Inventors: Michael L. Chasen, Timothy R. Chi, Christopher E. Etesse, William H. Langford, Jianjun Xu
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Publication number: 20040030781Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2003Publication date: February 12, 2004Applicant: Blackboard Inc.Inventors: Christopher E. Etesse, Jennifer R. West, Michael L. Chasen