Patents by Inventor Janet S. Twyman

Janet S. Twyman 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).

  • Publication number: 20100021871
    Abstract: A creation system and method for creating routines for teaching comprehension are described. The system identifies the skill to be taught, determines one or more features for the identified skill and determines a sequence of routines based on the determined one or more features. A performance system and method for performing the determined routines are also described. The performance system identifies the skill to be taught, determines the sequence of routines for the skill and presents the sequence to the learners. The performance system also provides feedback to the learners for their responses and modifies the sequence of routines based of the learners' responses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2009
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Inventors: Terrence V. Layng, Victoria Ford, Marta E. Leon, Hirofumi Shimizu, Melinda S. Sota, Janet S. Twyman
  • Patent number: 6523007
    Abstract: A method and system provides procedures/routines to teach certain repertoires, such as reading, to learners without a teacher present. The various routines can be provided or implemented via a computer network, such as the Internet, so that multiple learners can access and use the routines. Feedback features take into account that the Internet is a medium where it is difficult to directly monitor the learner's activities during the course of various lessons provided by the routines. The routines may be implemented in a sequence of episodes, with each episode systematically building on the particular skills learned in a prior episode. Some of these routines include establishing routines, adduction routines, potentiating routines, composite routines, sequential composite routines, fluency routines, motivation routines, application routines, and the overall sequencing of these routines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: Headsprout, Inc.
    Inventors: Terrence V. Layng, Kent R. Johnson, Janet S. Twyman, Victoria Ford, Michael P. Layng, Marilyn R. Gilbert, Gregory Stikeleather
  • Publication number: 20020143546
    Abstract: A method and system provides procedures/routines to teach certain repertoires, such as reading, to learners without a teacher present. The various routines can be provided or implemented via a computer network, such as the Internet, so that multiple learners can access and use the routines. Feedback features take into account that the Internet is a medium where it is difficult to directly monitor the learner's activities during the course of various lessons provided by the routines. The routines may be implemented in a sequence of episodes, with each episode systematically building on the particular skills learned in a prior episode. Some of these routines include establishing routines, adduction routines, potentiating routines, composite routines, sequential composite routines, fluency routines, motivation routines, application routines, and the overall sequencing of these routines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2001
    Publication date: October 3, 2002
    Inventors: Terrence V. Layng, Kent R. Johnson, Janet S. Twyman, Victoria Ford, Michael P. Layng, Marilyn R. Gilbert, Gregory Stikeleather