Patents by Inventor Katharine ODELL

Katharine ODELL 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).

  • Updating sequence of online courses for new learners while maintaining previous sequences of online courses for previous learners
    Patent number: 11315204
    Abstract: A method can present a new sequence of online courses within a specialization for a group of new learners while maintaining a previous sequence of online courses within the specialization for a group of previous learners. The method can include maintaining a base class, associating a first learner with the base class, receiving a request to update a previous sequence of courses, generating a child class, associating a second learner with the child class, responding to a request for a sequence associated with the first learner, and responding to a request for a sequence associated with the second learner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Coursera, Inc.
    Inventors: Colleen Chia-Yen Lee, Yash Kshirsagar, Yilei Qian, Allison Fink, Katharine Odell, Christopher Moonlight Palmatier, Donald Geoffrey Schuller
  • UPDATING SEQUENCE OF ONLINE COURSES FOR NEW LEARNERS WHILE MAINTAINING PREVIOUS SEQUENCES OF ONLINE COURSES FOR PREVIOUS LEARNERS
    Publication number: 20190318437
    Abstract: A method can present a new sequence of online courses within a specialization for a group of new learners while maintaining a previous sequence of online courses within the specialization for a group of previous learners. The method can include maintaining a base class, associating a first learner with the base class, receiving a request to update a previous sequence of courses, generating a child class, associating a second learner with the child class, responding to a request for a sequence associated with the first learner, and responding to a request for a sequence associated with the second learner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Colleen Chia-Yen LEE, Yash KSHIRSAGAR, Yilei QIAN, Allison FINK, Katharine ODELL, Christopher Moonlight PALMATIER, Donald Geoffrey SCHULLER