Patents by Inventor Larry Eugene Albright

Larry Eugene Albright 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 pre-selection in computer adaptive tests
    Patent number: 9704410
    Abstract: A system and method for administering tests at a computer terminal in communication with a remote location is provided. The method includes: establishing an initial threshold amount of questions, the initial threshold amount being a positive integer greater than one; sending to the computer terminal a first batch of questions that exceeds the threshold amount, the batch of questions having a substantially equal difficulty level; receiving an answer to one of the batch of questions; selecting, based on the answer to the one of the number of questions, a new question having a difficultly level different than the one of the number of questions; and sending the new question to the computer terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
    Inventor: Larry Eugene Albright
  • System and method for pre-selection in computer adaptive tests
    Publication number: 20110275049
    Abstract: A system and method for administering tests at a computer terminal in communication with a remote location is provided. The method includes: establishing an initial threshold amount of questions, the initial threshold amount being a positive integer greater than one; sending to the computer terminal a first batch of questions that exceeds the threshold amount, the batch of questions having a substantially equal difficulty level; receiving an answer to one of the batch of questions; selecting, based on the answer to the one of the number of questions, a new question having a difficultly level different than the one of the number of questions; and sending the new question to the computer terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2010
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Inventor: Larry Eugene Albright