Patents by Inventor Shirley A. Thompson

Shirley A. Thompson 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: 10446056
    Abstract: An audiovisual cueing system includes a visual game focusing on the fifteen vowel sounds of American English. Players take spoken turns corresponding with a sound-based word pattern determined by cards in play. Each card includes a color border, image, and featured word. The stressed vowel sounds in the color and object guide players to use the same sound in the underlined part of the featured word despite different spelling patterns. Players compare colors on cards in hand with a discard pile card, and if there is a match, the matched card is discarded and six corresponding words spoken in succession (e.g., “blue moon soon, blue moon June”). The act of speaking these words in succession provides a moment of learning and practice that benefits the player, while the game objective (winning) compels the learner to persist. The first player to discard all cards in hand is awarded points or wins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: English Language Training Solutions LLC
    Inventors: Karen Ann Taylor, Shirley Thompson, Laura McIndoo
  • Patent number: D457290
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Inventor: Shirley A. Thompson