Patents by Inventor Deborah Everhart

Deborah Everhart 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: 8745222
    Abstract: A method and system are disclosed for providing data files to a community of users. The data files relate to a plurality of courses. Each user is associated with one or more of the courses. The system includes client devices operated by the users and a server system in communication with the client devices over a network. The server system provides to the client devices access to data files relating to courses with which the users are associated. The server system also includes a content system for storing content items from users. The content items in the content system are selectable by users for inclusion in one or more of the plurality of data files.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Blackboard Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Rotau Chi, Daniel Cane, Lara Oerter, Jessica Finnefrock, Deborah Everhart, Michael Lewis Chasen
  • Patent number: 8271420
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for integrating educational software. In one implementation, a first method includes providing on a first server an integrated learning management system adapted to exchange education data and materials via a connector interface, providing on the first server a first component which responds to requests made by the integrated system via the connector interface to exchange education data and materials with a first source learning management system, and exchanging education data and materials between the integrated system and the first system via the first component by use of the connector interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Blackboard Inc.
    Inventors: Deborah Everhart, Robert L. Alcorn
  • Publication number: 20110070573
    Abstract: An instructional content and standards alignment processing system is disclosed. The system includes a computer-readable memory configured to store information indicative of instructional content, a first educational standard, and a second educational standard, and configured to store at least one alignment between the instructional content and the first educational standard and at least one mapping between the first educational standard and the second educational standard. The system also includes a processor configured to automatically generate at least one alignment between the instructional content and the second educational standard based on the mapping between the first educational standard and the second educational standard. The computer-readable memory is configured to store the alignment between the instructional content and the second educational standard after the alignment is confirmed by a user. Methods and machine-readable mediums are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2009
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: BLACKBOARD INC.
    Inventors: Bret Carlton DENNIS, JoAnna Hunt, Claude Vervoort, Joel Lindsey, Deborah Everhart
  • Publication number: 20110010210
    Abstract: An educational asset distribution system including an asset registration module which obtains information about a plurality of educational assets, said information including fixed metadata descriptive of an educational asset, and information for accessing the educational asset; a learning management system interface which receives context data descriptive of a user of a learning management system; a dynamic metadata storage which stores a portion of the context data in association with the fixed metadata; and an educational assets management module for managing the plurality of educational assets based on the context data, the information about the plurality of educational assets, and data stored in the dynamic metadata storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2009
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Inventors: Robert L. ALCORN, Deborah Everhart, Ramsey R. Chambers
  • Patent number: 7788207
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for integrating educational software. In one implementation, a first server receives an identifier of a second server that provides at least one source educational course. A second server receives metadata for the at least one source educational course and stores the metadata.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Blackboard Inc.
    Inventors: Robert L. Alcorn, Deborah A. Everhart
  • Publication number: 20090182716
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for integrating educational software. In one implementation, a first method includes providing on a first server an integrated learning management system adapted to exchange education data and materials via a connector interface, providing on the first server a first component which responds to requests made by the integrated system via the connector interface to exchange education data and materials with a first source learning management system, and exchanging education data and materials between the integrated system and the first system via the first component by use of the connector interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2008
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Inventors: Deborah Everhart, Robert L. ALCORN
  • Publication number: 20090018986
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for integrating educational software. In one implementation, a first server receives an identifier of a second server that provides at least one source educational course. A second server receives metadata for the at least one source educational course and stores the metadata.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2007
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Inventors: Robert L. Alcorn, Deborah A. Everhart
  • Publication number: 20060026213
    Abstract: A method and system are disclosed for providing a community of users access to content items. The content items relate to a plurality of courses, with each user being associated with one or more of the courses. A method of managing and controlling access to the content items can include the steps of (a) receiving from one or more of the users proposed content items for inclusion in a content repository; (b) selecting content items from the proposed content items for inclusion in the content repository; (c) specifying which of the users are eligible to access which of the content items in the content repository; and (d) providing access to content items in the repository over a network to users specified to have access to given content items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2005
    Publication date: February 2, 2006
    Applicant: Blackboard Inc.
    Inventors: David Yaskin, Heather Natour, Zahra Safavian, Tom Joyce, William Langford, Daniel Cane, Timothy Chi, Stephanie Cupp, Anita Bhorjee, Jessica Finnefrock, Deborah Everhart
  • Publication number: 20050086296
    Abstract: A method and system are disclosed for providing data files to a community of users. The data files relate to a plurality of courses. Each user is associated with one or more of the courses. The system includes client devices operated by the users and a server system in communication with the client devices over a network. The server system provides to the client devices access to data files relating to courses with which the users are associated. The server system also includes a content system for storing content items from users. The content items in the content system are selectable by users for inclusion in one or more of the plurality of data files.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2004
    Publication date: April 21, 2005
    Applicant: Blackboard Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Chi, Daniel Cane, Lara Oerter, Jessica Finnefrock, Deborah Everhart, Michael Chasen