Patents by Inventor John R. Malpass

John R. Malpass 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 creating and delivering prescriptive learning
    Patent number: 7927105
    Abstract: Method for prescriptive learning. The method includes providing a user independent hierarchy of competencies, competency characteristics and assessments with associated rules that identify learning activities and identifying a user specific path through the hierarchy for a selected competency and competency characteristic based on the hierarchy, scoring of at least one question associated with at least one assessment associated with the selected competency characteristic. The rules and user specific information provide a user specific identification of learning activities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Incorporated
    Inventors: Charles W. Griffin, Marla A. Haddon, Biao Luo, John R. Malpass, Benjamin J. Montello