Patents by Inventor Douglas T. Shapiro

Douglas T. Shapiro 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).

  • Efficient student record matching
    Patent number: 8676823
    Abstract: A system and method for efficiently and intelligently matching student enrollment records is disclosed. The method may be used, for example, to track student progress from secondary to postsecondary institutions and generate statistics about aggregate college enrollment rates to inform policy decisions. In exemplary embodiments, the matching algorithm accounts for common variations in student names and geographical distances between secondary institutions and the student's current known address to generate higher confidence matches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: National Student Clearinghouse
    Inventors: Douglas T. Shapiro, Diana Gillum
  • EFFICIENT STUDENT RECORD MATCHING
    Publication number: 20130046775
    Abstract: A system and method for efficiently and intelligently matching student enrollment records is disclosed. The method may be used, for example, to track student progress from secondary to postsecondary institutions and generate statistics about aggregate college enrollment rates to inform policy decisions. In exemplary embodiments, the matching algorithm accounts for common variations in student names and geographical distances between secondary institutions and the student's current known address to generate higher confidence matches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Inventors: Douglas T. Shapiro, Diana Gillum