Patents by Inventor Marilyn Jager Adams

Marilyn Jager Adams 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: 9520068
    Abstract: A method and related system, computer program product and device for interactively tracking oral reading of text from a document includes recording audio for a sentence read by a user and determining when the user has reached the last word of the sentence. The method also includes providing visual feedback to the user reading on a sentence by sentence level to indicate a current location in the passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: JTT Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Valerie L. Beattie, Marilyn Jager Adams
  • Patent number: 8109765
    Abstract: Methods and related computer program products, systems, and devices for providing intelligent feedback to a user based on audio input associated with a user reading a passage are disclosed. The method can include assessing a level of fluency of a user's reading of the sequence of words using speech recognition technology to compare the audio input with an expected sequence of words and providing feedback to the user related to the level of fluency for a word.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Scientific Learning Corporation
    Inventors: Valerie L. Beattie, Marilyn Jager Adams, Michael Barrow
  • Patent number: 7433819
    Abstract: A computer based method and related system, computer program product and device includes receiving audio input associated with a user reading a sequence of words and determining an approximate amount of time corresponding to an absence of input associated with an assessed word, after receiving audio input associated with a preceding word in the sequence of words, or since the start of the audio buffer or file. The method can also include displaying a visual indication or generating an audio intervention based on the determined amount of time corresponding to an absence of input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: Scientific Learning Corporation
    Inventors: Marilyn Jager Adams, Valerie L. Beattie