Patents by Inventor Paul Seddon

Paul Seddon 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).

  • Measuring language learning using standardized score scales and adaptive assessment engines
    Patent number: 11030919
    Abstract: The present invention allows a language learning platform to calculate a user's overall language skill. This may be performed as a standalone test or before, during and/or after a language course. The language learning platform may perform a Pre-CAT process, a CAT process, a stage 2—fixed form process and a scoring and reporting process. The Pre-CAT process is designed to quickly get an initial estimate of the user's overall language skill. The CAT processes improves on the accuracy of the Pre-CAT process, preferably until the conditional standard error of measurement for the user's overall language skill is less than a predetermined number. The stage 2—fixed form process may use the user's overall language skill to select speaking, listening and writing assessment items of an appropriate difficulty for the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: PEARSON EDUCATION, INC.
    Inventors: David Booth, Paul Seddon
  • MEASURING LANGUAGE LEARNING USING STANDARDIZED SCORE SCALES AND ADAPTIVE ASSESSMENT ENGINES
    Publication number: 20200066182
    Abstract: The present invention allows a language learning platform to calculate a user's overall language skill. This may be performed as a standalone test or before, during and/or after a language course. The language learning platform may perform a Pre-CAT process, a CAT process, a stage 2—fixed form process and a scoring and reporting process. The Pre-CAT process is designed to quickly get an initial estimate of the user's overall language skill. The CAT processes improves on the accuracy of the Pre-CAT process, preferably until the conditional standard error of measurement for the user's overall language skill is less than a predetermined number. The stage 2—fixed form process may use the user's overall language skill to select speaking, listening and writing assessment items of an appropriate difficulty for the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: David BOOTH, Paul SEDDON
  • Measuring language learning using standardized score scales and adaptive assessment engines
    Patent number: 10497281
    Abstract: The present invention allows a language learning platform to calculate a user's overall language skill. This may be performed as a standalone test or before, during and/or after a language course. The language learning platform may perform a Pre-CAT process, a CAT process, a stage 2—fixed form process and a scoring and reporting process. The Pre-CAT process is designed to quickly get an initial estimate of the user's overall language skill. The CAT processes improves on the accuracy of the Pre-CAT process, preferably until the conditional standard error of measurement for the user's overall language skill is less than a predetermined number. The stage 2—fixed form process may use the user's overall language skill to select speaking, listening and writing assessment items of an appropriate difficulty for the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: PEARSON EDUCATION, INC.
    Inventors: David Booth, Paul Seddon
  • MEASURING LANGUAGE LEARNING USING STANDARDIZED SCORE SCALES AND ADAPTIVE ASSESSMENT ENGINES
    Publication number: 20190251862
    Abstract: The present invention allows a language learning platform to calculate a user's overall language skill. This may be performed as a standalone test or before, during and/or after a language course. The language learning platform may perform a Pre-CAT process, a CAT process, a stage 2—fixed form process and a scoring and reporting process. The Pre-CAT process is designed to quickly get an initial estimate of the user's overall language skill. The CAT processes improves on the accuracy of the Pre-CAT process, preferably until the conditional standard error of measurement for the user's overall language skill is less than a predetermined number. The stage 2—fixed form process may use the user's overall language skill to select speaking, listening and writing assessment items of an appropriate difficulty for the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: David BOOTH, Paul SEDDON
  • Measuring language learning using standardized score scales and adaptive assessment engines
    Patent number: 10319255
    Abstract: The present invention allows a language learning platform to calculate a user's overall language skill. This may be performed as a standalone test or before, during and/or after a language course. The language learning platform may perform a Pre-CAT process, a CAT process, a stage 2-fixed form process and a scoring and reporting process. The Pre-CAT process is designed to quickly get an initial estimate of the user's overall language skill. The CAT processes improves on the accuracy of the Pre-CAT process, preferably until the conditional standard error of measurement for the user's overall language skill is less than a predetermined number. The stage 2-fixed form process may use the user's overall language skill to select speaking, listening and writing assessment items of an appropriate difficulty for the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Pearson Education, Inc.
    Inventors: David Booth, Paul Seddon
  • MEASURING LANGUAGE LEARNING USING STANDARDIZED SCORE SCALES AND ADAPTIVE ASSESSMENT ENGINES
    Publication number: 20180130375
    Abstract: The present invention allows a language learning platform to calculate a user's overall language skill. This may be performed as a standalone test or before, during and/or after a language course. The language learning platform may perform a Pre-CAT process, a CAT process, a stage 2—fixed form process and a scoring and reporting process. The Pre-CAT process is designed to quickly get an initial estimate of the user's overall language skill. The CAT processes improves on the accuracy of the Pre-CAT process, preferably until the conditional standard error of measurement for the user's overall language skill is less than a predetermined number. The stage 2—fixed form process may use the user's overall language skill to select speaking, listening and writing assessment items of an appropriate difficulty for the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: David Booth, Paul Seddon