Patents Assigned to PHAROS RESOURCES, LLC
  • Publication number: 20140193790
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of increasing retention rates in an educational institution while significantly improving the educational experience of its students. More particularly, the present invention provides means for proactively identifying students in need, whether the need is emotional, physical, spiritual, or scholastic, and providing an avenue to assist those students.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: PHAROS RESOURCES, LLC
    Inventors: Gideon Petrus Botha, Robert Jeffrey Reese, Charles William Mattis Mattis
  • Patent number: 8666299
    Abstract: The present invention is a system and method that proactively identifies a student in need at an educational institution. The system allows for the educational institution to connect with the student, gather information, and provide assistance. Student needs that may be addressed are various and include academic, social, emotional, and spiritual. Because student needs are addressed in a timely and effective manner, the present invention may be used as a tool to increase retention rates at the educational institution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Pharos Resources, LLC
    Inventors: Gideon Petrus Botha, Robert Jeffrey Reese, Charles William Mattis, Megan E Lyman
  • Publication number: 20090029339
    Abstract: The present invention is a system and method that proactively identifies a student in need at an educational institution. The system allows for the educational institution to connect with the student, gather information, and provide assistance. Student needs that may be addressed are various and include academic, social, emotional, and spiritual. Because student needs are addressed in a timely and effective manner, the present invention may be used as a tool to increase retention rates at the educational institution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: PHAROS RESOURCES, LLC
    Inventors: Gideon Petrus Botha, Robert Jeffrey Reese, Charles William Mattis, Charles D. Miller, Megan E. Lyman
  • Publication number: 20090023124
    Abstract: A web application that facilitates the interaction between an educational institution and its members for the purpose of assisting a student in need is described. The application provides an accessible and user-friendly system for members of an educational institution to provide and gather information. The application may perform various functions that allow rapid and efficient transmission of information regarding a student in need so that those needs may be addressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2008
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Applicant: PHAROS RESOURCES, LLC
    Inventors: Dwayne E. Towell, Gideon P. Botha, Robert J. Reese