Patents by Inventor Deborah L. WITKOWSKI

Deborah L. WITKOWSKI 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).

  • Visual scenes for teaching a plurality of polysemous symbol sequences and corresponding rationales
    Patent number: 9183655
    Abstract: A method includes displaying a second electronic screen overlay on a display, in response to an initial selection of one of provided polysemous symbols, the second electronic screen overlay being the electronic screen overlay associated with the selected polysemous symbol; storing, in the memory, a plurality of visual scenes, each respective one of the plurality of visual scenes being stored in association with at least two symbol sequences beginning with the initially selected polysemous symbol; and displaying one of the plurality of visual scenes on the display, in response to selection of one of the symbols on the displayed second electronic screen overlay, the displayed visual scene being stored in the memory in association with at least two symbol sequences including, in sequence, the initially selected polysemous symbol and the selected one of the symbols on the displayed second electronic screen overlay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: SEMANTIC COMPACTION SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Bruce R. Baker, Thomas R. Kovacs, Deborah L. Witkowski
  • APPARATUS, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR EFFECTIVELY NAVIGATING POLYSEMOUS SYMBOLS ACROSS A PLURALITY OF LINKED ELECTRONIC SCREEN OVERLAYS, INCLUDING USE WITH VISUAL INDICATORS
    Publication number: 20150177982
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer readable medium are disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the method includes providing polysemous symbols for selection on an initial electronic screen overlay displayed on a display; storing, in a memory, a plurality of the selectable polysemous symbols in association with a pointer identifying display of an electronic screen overlay which is different from the initial electronic screen overlay; and displaying a second electronic screen overlay on the display, in response to initial selection of one of the provided polysemous symbols. In at least one embodiment, the second electronic screen overlay is the electronic screen overlay associated with the selected polysemous symbol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Bruce R. Baker, Thomas R. Kovacs, Deborah L. Witkowski, David H. Hershberger, Russell T. Cross, Cindy C. Halloran, John D. Halloran, Rob Read
  • VISUAL SCENES FOR TEACHING A PLURALITY OF POLYSEMOUS SYMBOL SEQUENCES AND CORRESPONDING RATIONALES
    Publication number: 20140028723
    Abstract: A method includes displaying a second electronic screen overlay on a display, in response to an initial selection of one of provided polysemous symbols, the second electronic screen overlay being the electronic screen overlay associated with the selected polysemous symbol; storing, in the memory, a plurality of visual scenes, each respective one of the plurality of visual scenes being stored in association with at least two symbol sequences beginning with the initially selected polysemous symbol; and displaying one of the plurality of visual scenes on the display, in response to selection of one of the symbols on the displayed second electronic screen overlay, the displayed visual scene being stored in the memory in association with at least two symbol sequences including, in sequence, the initially selected polysemous symbol and the selected one of the symbols on the displayed second electronic screen overlay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: Semantic Compaction Systems
    Inventors: Bruce R. BAKER, Thomas R. KOVACS, Deborah L. WITKOWSKI