Patents by Inventor Bob Serling

Bob Serling 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: 20050227215
    Abstract: A method and system for knowledge assessment and learning for assessing the true knowledge of a human subject. The invention incorporates non-one dimensional testing techniques to obtain the subject's knowledge and confidence level associated with the knowledge. The invention produces an assessment or test prolific, which includes formative and summative evaluation. The profile is correlated to database of learning materials and presented to the subject for review and/or reeducation of the substantive response thereby ensuring the subject's acquisition of the true knowledge or accurate information. The invention accommodates various test queries without regard to the specific nature of the subject matter on which the test subject is queried. The present invention is adaptable for use in a microprocessor-based stand alone computers, as well as for individual use or distributed in a client-server environment of a communication network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2001
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Inventors: James Bruno, Charles Smith, Arthur Blank, Len Schiedel, Bob Serling
  • Patent number: 6921268
    Abstract: A method and system for knowledge assessment and learning that assesses the true knowledge of a human subject. The invention incorporates non-one dimensional testing techniques to obtain the subject's knowledge and associated confidence level. The invention produces an assessment or test profile, including formative and summative evaluation, which is correlated to a database of learning materials and presented to the subject for review and/or reeducation of the substantive response. The invention accommodates various test queries without regard to the specific nature of the queried subject. The present invention is adaptable for use in microprocessor-based stand alone computers, individual use or distributed in a client-server environment of a communication network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2005
    Assignee: Knowledge Factor, Inc.
    Inventors: James E. Bruno, Charles J. Smith, Arthur Blank, Len Schiedel, Bob Serling
  • Publication number: 20030190592
    Abstract: A method and system for knowledge assessment and learning for assessing the true knowledge of a human subject. The invention incorporates non-one dimensional testing techniques to obtain the subject's knowledge and confidence level associated with the knowledge. The invention produces an assessment or test profile, which includes formative and summative evaluation. The profile is correlated to database of learning materials and presented to the subject for review and/or reeducation of the substantive response thereby ensuring the subject's acquisition of the true knowledge or accurate information. The invention accommodates various test queries without regard to the specific nature of the subject matter on which the test subject is queried.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2002
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventors: James E. Bruno, Charles J. Smith, Arthur Blank, Len Schiedel, Bob Serling