Patents by Inventor Marc Tinkler

Marc Tinkler 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).

  • Patent number: 9384678
    Abstract: An adaptive learning system and method provides for automatically generating question types to a user for word comprehension and selecting multiple choice answers for display. Questions are developed for the user by obtaining online content and indexing the content into individual sentences and questions. The system provides questions in a series of rounds to the user and then adaptively tracks the progress of the user based on the categorization of each question.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: THINKMAP, INC.
    Inventors: Marc Tinkler, Michael Freedman
  • Patent number: 9384265
    Abstract: A system and method predictively generates words based on a user input, according to a frequency of lookup of each of the generated words. The system and method also allows for a user to add predictively generated words to a word list that assists in the facilitation of word and vocabulary comprehension for a user. Words in the online dictionary are grouped in word families where a user can navigate between different forms of a root word.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: THINKMAP, INC.
    Inventor: Marc Tinkler
  • Patent number: 9235566
    Abstract: A system and method predictively generates words based on a user input, according to a frequency of lookup of each of the generated words. The system and method also allows for a user to add predictively generated words to a word list that assists in the facilitation of word and vocabulary comprehension for a user. Words in the online dictionary are grouped in word families where a user can navigate between different forms of a root word.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: THINKMAP, INC.
    Inventor: Marc Tinkler
  • Publication number: 20130179155
    Abstract: A system and method predictively generates words based on a user input, according to a frequency of lookup of each of the generated words. The system and method also allows for a user to add predictively generated words to a word list that assists in the facilitation of word and vocabulary comprehension for a user. Words in the online dictionary are grouped in word families where a user can navigate between different forms of a root word.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: THINKMAP, INC.
    Inventor: Marc Tinkler
  • Publication number: 20130149681
    Abstract: A system and method outputs vocabulary quizzes and/or games that are based on text on an input document, such as a webpage. The system and method are further adapted to provide such quizzes in a manner that is tailored to a particular user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Inventors: Marc Tinkler, Michael Freedman
  • Patent number: 8311808
    Abstract: A system and method for providing vocabulary information includes one or more computer processors that, for each of a plurality of words of a text, determine a relevance of the word to the text, and, for each of at least a subset of the plurality of words, output an indication of the respective determined relevance of the word to the text, where, for each of the plurality of words, the determination includes comparing a frequency of the word in the text to a frequency threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Thinkmap, Inc.
    Inventor: Marc Tinkler
  • Publication number: 20120251984
    Abstract: A system and method for providing a word game for honing of vocabulary skills includes populating, by a computer processor, a tile grid with a plurality of words related by a predefined criterion, such that each of the words is adjacent to at least one other of the words to form a path beginning at a start grid tile and ending at an end grid tile, the start and end tiles being at least one edge of the tile grid; and transmitting and/or outputting the populated tile grid. The predefined criterion may be, for example, that all of the words are synonymous with respect to at least one word sense of a seed word.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Inventors: Marc TINKLER, Georgia Scurletis
  • Publication number: 20120254802
    Abstract: A system and method predictively generates words based on a user input, according to a frequency of lookup of each of the generated words. The system and method also allows for a user to add predictively generated words to a word list that assists in the facilitation of word and vocabulary comprehension for a user. Words in the online dictionary are grouped in word families where a user can navigate between different forms of a root word.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Inventor: Marc TINKLER
  • Publication number: 20110257961
    Abstract: An adaptive learning system and method provides for automatically generating question types to a user for word comprehension and selecting multiple choice answers for display. Questions are developed for the user by obtaining online content and indexing the content into individual sentences and questions. The system provides questions in a series of rounds to the user and then adaptively tracks the progress of the user based on the categorization of each question.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Inventors: Marc TINKLER, Michael Freedman
  • Publication number: 20110144978
    Abstract: A system and method for providing vocabulary information includes one or more computer processors that, for each of a plurality of words of a text, determine a relevance of the word to the text, and, for each of at least a subset of the plurality of words, output an indication of the respective determined relevance of the word to the text, where, for each of the plurality of words, the determination includes comparing a frequency of the word in the text to a frequency threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Inventor: Marc TINKLER
  • Publication number: 20050171760
    Abstract: A visual thesaurus system and method for displaying a selected term in association with its one or more meanings, other words to which it is related, and further relationship information. The results of a search are presented in a directed graph that provides more information than an ordered list. When a user selects one of the results, the display reorganizes around the user's search allowing for further searches, without the interruption of going to additional pages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2004
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Inventor: Marc Tinkler
  • Patent number: 6801229
    Abstract: A system for displaying related data in a graphical representation is disclosed. The system allows display of data visually to demonstrate requested data and data which is related to the requested data. The requested data is sent from a data source to a client computer via a programming object which has a display manager which creates display entities for the formatting of graphics on a display screen. The display entities have properties which define the appearance of the entity on the display screen. The programming object also has a position manager routine which creates position entities for the placement of the entities in a global space. The position entities have properties which define the location of the entities in the global space. The programming object also has a graph manager routine which creates graph entities for selection of data records from the data source. The graph entities have properties which determine the selection of data records.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Assignee: Plumbdesign
    Inventor: Marc Tinkler