Patents by Inventor Dariush Navabi

Dariush Navabi 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: 7051010
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of creating a conversation in an educational simulation for a learner comprising the steps of providing simulation software code, providing a dynamic data model comprising tasks and statements, receiving a statement made by the learner, and generating a list of possible statements for the learner to make from the statements within the dynamic data model. Also provided is a system for performing the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: Smartforce PLC
    Inventors: David L. Adams, Scott L. Mitchell, Dariush Navabi, Jean-Paul O'Brien, Salvatore R. Sferlazza, Malcolm P. Youngren, Teddy D. Zmrhal
  • Patent number: 7016880
    Abstract: A method and system of creating an education simulation having a character that a learner interacts with is disclosed. The method includes providing a simulation interface through a simulation software code, wherein the character appears within the simulation interface, providing a data storage area for storing a trait of the character, the trait having a trait value, communicating possible statements and/or actions through the simulation interface to the learner, receiving from the learner a chosen statement or action from the possible statements and/or actions, responding to the statement or action chosen by the learner by providing a character response by the character, wherein the character response provided is determined by the trait value of the at least one trait, and generating new possible statements and/or actions for the learner contained within the data storage area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: SmartForce PLC
    Inventors: David L. Adams, Scott L. Mitchell, Dariush Navabi, Jean-Paul O'Brien, Salvatore R. Sferlazza, Malcolm P. Youngren, Teddy D. Zmrhal