Patents by Inventor Joel P. Dunham

Joel P. Dunham 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).

  • System and method for problem solving through dynamic/interactive concept-mapping
    Patent number: 8112384
    Abstract: The present invention provides a computer-implemented method of problem solving that includes graphically displaying a plurality of concepts, dynamic links between the concepts, and solving a problem based on the displayed concepts and dynamic links. Other embodiments include: a computer-readable medium having instructions thereon for causing a suitably programmed information-processing apparatus to perform a method of the problem solving that includes graphically displaying a plurality of concepts, displaying dynamic links between the concepts, and solving a problem based on the displayed concepts and dynamic links. Still other embodiments include a computerized apparatus that includes a display output unit, a display drive unit that causes a plurality of concepts to be displayed on the display unit, and that causes dynamic links between the concepts to be displayed, and a solution unit that solves a problem based on the displayed concepts and dynamic links, and that displays the solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Actus Potentia, Inc.
    Inventors: Ambar K. Mitra, Abhijit Chandra, Craig D. Herreman, Joel P. Dunham
  • METHOD AND SOFTWARE FOR INTERACTIVE LEARNING OF ENGINEERING STATICS
    Publication number: 20110111381
    Abstract: The present invention provides a computer-implemented method of problem solving that includes graphically displaying a plurality of concepts, dynamic links between the concepts, and solving a problem based on the displayed concepts and dynamic links. Other embodiments include: a computer-readable medium having instructions thereon for causing a suitably programmed information-processing apparatus to perform a method of the problem solving that includes graphically displaying a plurality of concepts, displaying dynamic links between the concepts, and solving a problem based on the displayed concepts and dynamic links. Still other embodiments include a computerized apparatus that includes a display output unit, a display drive unit that causes a plurality of concepts to be displayed on the display unit, and that causes dynamic links between the concepts to be displayed, and a solution unit that solves a problem based on the displayed concepts and dynamic links, and that displays the solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2011
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: ACTUS POTENTIA, INC.
    Inventors: Ambar K. Mitra, Abhijit Chandra, Craig D. Herreman, Joel P. Dunham, Robert E. Harris, Dipayan Mitra