Patents by Inventor Jack Mostow

Jack Mostow 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: 12394332
    Abstract: A computer-implemented system and method generate personalized text based on statistics derived from input received from a user representing the user's attempts to decode graphemes into phonemes. Such statistics may be measured and recorded at the grapheme-phoneme level, and may include substitutions, insertions, deletions, and correct utterances of phonemes by the user when reading text. A language model may be trained based on characteristics of the user, such as the user's age and/or reading grade level, and the personalized text may be generated after such training of the language model. Generating the personalized text may include generating a text creation prompt based on the statistics. The resulting text creation prompt may include a set of target words. The text creation prompt may be provided to the language model, which may generate the personalized text in response. The personalized text may include some or all of the target words.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2025
    Assignees: SkyHigh Ventures, LLC, Government of the United States, as Represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Scott Sosso, Siyu Chen, Ciara Figliuolo, Jack Mostow, Marlies Goes
  • Publication number: 20240379022
    Abstract: A computer-implemented system and method generate personalized text based on statistics derived from input received from a user representing the user's attempts to decode graphemes into phonemes. Such statistics may be measured and recorded at the grapheme-phoneme level, and may include substitutions, insertions, deletions, and correct utterances of phonemes by the user when reading text. A language model may be trained based on characteristics of the user, such as the user's age and/or reading grade level, and the personalized text may be generated after such training of the language model. Generating the personalized text may include generating a text creation prompt based on the statistics. The resulting text creation prompt may include a set of target words. The text creation prompt may be provided to the language model, which may generate the personalized text in response. The personalized text may include some or all of the target words.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: SkyHigh Ventures, LLC
    Inventors: Scott Sosso, Siyu Chen, Ciara Figliuolo, Jack Mostow, Marlies Goes
  • Patent number: 5920838
    Abstract: A computer implemented reading tutor comprises a player for outputting a response. An input block implementing a plurality of functions such as silence detection, speech recognition, etc. captures the read material. A tutoring function compares the output of the speech recognizer to the text which was supposed to have been read and generates a response, as needed, based on information in a knowledge base and an optional student model. The response is output to the user through the player. A quality control function evaluates the captured read material and stores the captured material in the knowledge base under certain conditions. An auto-enhancement function uses information available to the tutor to create additional resources such as identifying rhyming words, words with common roots, etc., which can be used as responses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1999
    Assignee: Carnegie Mellon University
    Inventors: Jack Mostow, Gregory S. Aist