Patents by Inventor Kurtis S. Taylor

Kurtis S. Taylor 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).

  • Course skeleton for adaptive learning
    Patent number: 10360809
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for utilizing a course skeleton for adaptive learning is provided. Based on student profile information and course goal information, a query is generated to dynamically determine which learning items should be presented to the student. The query, which is based on a particular learning goal, may differ from student to student, and therefore different students may be presented with different learning items to achieve the same learning goal. In addition, as new learning items is added to the learning item repository, the learning items returned by the query for a particular learning goal may change, even if the query used for the goal does not.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: APOLLO EDUCATION GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: Satish Menon, Jayakumar Muthukumarasamy, Partha Saha, Kurtis S. Taylor, James R. Utter
  • Course Skeleton For Adaptive Learning
    Publication number: 20130280690
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for utilizing a course skeleton for adaptive learning is provided. Based on student profile information and course goal information, a query is generated to dynamically determine which learning items should be presented to the student. The query, which is based on a particular learning goal, may differ from student to student, and therefore different students may be presented with different learning items to achieve the same learning goal. In addition, as new learning items is added to the learning item repository, the learning items returned by the query for a particular learning goal may change, even if the query used for the goal does not.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventors: Satish Menon, Jayakumar Muthukumarasamy, Partha Saha, Kurtis S. Taylor, James R. Utter
  • COURSE SKELETON FOR ADAPTIVE LEARNING
    Publication number: 20130095465
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for utilizing a course skeleton for adaptive learning is provided. Based on student profile information and course goal information, a query is generated to dynamically determine which learning items should be presented to the student. The query, which is based on a particular learning goal, may differ from student to student, and therefore different students may be presented with different learning items to achieve the same learning goal. In addition, as new learning items is added to the learning item repository, the learning items returned by the query for a particular learning goal may change, even if the query used for the goal does not.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Inventors: Satish Menon, Jayakumar Muthukumarasamy, Partha Saha, Kurtis S. Taylor, James R. Utter
  • COURSE SKELETON FOR ADAPTIVE LEARNING
    Publication number: 20130095461
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for utilizing a course skeleton for adaptive learning is provided. Based on student profile information and course goal information, a query is generated to dynamically determine which learning items should be presented to the student. The query, which is based on a particular learning goal, may differ from student to student, and therefore different students may be presented with different learning items to achieve the same learning goal. In addition, as new learning items is added to the learning item repository, the learning items returned by the query for a particular learning goal may change, even if the query used for the goal does not.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2011
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Inventors: Satish Menon, Jayakumar Muthukumarasamy, Partha Saha, Kurtis S. Taylor, James R. Utter