Patents by Inventor David Mashburn

David Mashburn 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).

  • Extrapolating probabilistic predictions for skills using unanswered questions and determining corresponding instructional content
    Patent number: 11210598
    Abstract: A system and method for providing customized content recommendations to a user based on extrapolated data is described. The system may receive an answer to a question from a user and determine a second unanswered question having a threshold relationship level with the question. The system may compute a predicted probability that the user would answer the second question correctly, calculate a first comparative skill level of the user among a cohort of similar users, and rank the first comparative skill level of the user against a second comparative skill level of the cohort to determine a skill gap of the user. Further, in some implementations, the system may generate a search query based on the skill gap of the user, and determine recommended content customized to the skill gap of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: PLURALSIGHT, LLC
    Inventors: David Platt, David Mashburn, Krishna Kannan, Eric Stone
  • EXTRAPOLATING PROBABILISTIC PREDICTIONS FOR SKILLS USING UNANSWERED QUESTIONS AND DETERMINING CORRESPONDING INSTRUCTIONAL CONTENT
    Publication number: 20170372215
    Abstract: A system and method for providing customized content recommendations to a user based on extrapolated data is described. The system may receive an answer to a question from a user and determine a second unanswered question having a threshold relationship level with the question. The system may compute a predicted probability that the user would answer the second question correctly, calculate a first comparative skill level of the user among a cohort of similar users, and rank the first comparative skill level of the user against a second comparative skill level of the cohort to determine a skill gap of the user. Further, in some implementations, the system may generate a search query based on the skill gap of the user, and determine recommended content customized to the skill gap of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: David Platt, David Mashburn, Krishna Kannan, Dane Thurber, Eric Stone
  • Application and processes for the review and adjustment of the full lifecycle of consumer finances
    Publication number: 20050027633
    Abstract: A network based system to facilitate managing a consumer's financial development. This network based system includes at least one computer system operable to execute a consumer module, a communication module, a lead sourcing module, a creditor module, a financial processing module, and a counselor module. A number of databases such as a consumer database, creditor database, and lead database operably couple to the network based computer. Consumers, counselors and creditors may interact with one another through web-based user interfaces presented by modules executed on the network based computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2004
    Publication date: February 3, 2005
    Inventors: Joey Fortuna, Michael Kiefer, Philip Shen, Ramesh Vishnubhatla, David Mashburn, George Fortuna