Patents by Inventor Jim Stigler

Jim Stigler 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).

  • Method and system for interactive case and video-based teacher training
    Patent number: 6904263
    Abstract: A method and system for interactive case and video-based teacher training is provided. The invention includes a server portion 200 and a client portion 202. A media database 100, a video assignment or video assessment database 102, an administration database 104, and a user database 106 interact with a computer system 108 and with a lesson-builder program 114 and a lesson viewer program 116 in order to allow for the development of time-indexed video case-centric lessons and courses, which are stored in a lesson database 110. The computer system 108 communicates with a plurality of client computers 206 via a browser program 208, allowing teacher-users or general users to interact with the lesson-builder program 114 and the lesson viewer program 116 for the creation and use of lessons. The lessons generated and used in the present invention are video-centric, and the present invention provides for the use of time-coded or time-indexed references to relevant portions of the video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Inventors: Paul Grudnitski, Gail Hood, Aisha Sims, Jim Stigler
  • Method and system for interactive case and video-based teacher training
    Publication number: 20030027121
    Abstract: A method and system for interactive case and video-based teacher training is provided. The invention includes a server portion 200 and a client portion 202. A media database 100, a video assignment or video assessment database 102, an administration database 104, and a user database 106 interact with a computer system 108 and with a lesson-builder program 114 and a lesson viewer program 116 in order to allow for the development of time-indexed video case-centric lessons and courses, which are stored in a lesson database 110. The computer system 108 communicates with a plurality of client computers 206 via a browser program 208, allowing teacher-users or general users to interact with the lesson-builder program 114 and the lesson viewer program 116 for the creation and use of lessons. The lessons generated and used in the present invention are video-centric, and the present invention provides for the use of time-coded or time-indexed references to relevant portions of the video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2001
    Publication date: February 6, 2003
    Inventors: Paul Grudnitski, Gail Hood, Aisha Sims, Jim Stigler