Patents by Inventor Preston Cody
Preston Cody 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).
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Publication number: 20200291758Abstract: A system for modeling a contribution of at least one factor to performance of an oil or gas well is provided. The system assembles a dataset including a first response variable and at least one predictor of the oil or gas well and couples the assembled dataset and geospatial data based on a location of the oil or gas well. The system generates a first predictive model based on all or a subset of non-geospatial data and determines a second response variable based on a ratio of the first response variable to a first predictive value determined from the generated first predictive model. The system generates a second predictive model for the determined second response variable based on all or a subset of the geospatial data and determines a second predictive value for the determined second response variable based on the second predictive model. The second predictive value is a productivity multiplier indicative of performance of the oil or gas well.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Applicant: Wood Mackenzie, Inc.Inventor: Preston Cody
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Patent number: 8374540Abstract: A Consolidated Online Assessment System (COLA System) that creates, manipulates, and distributes an objected-oriented paradigm that represents the scoring and related activities as a unified and integrated family of loosely coupled objects, most notably a “Case” representing a state-machine that replaces the constructed response from the test taker as the unit of work. The Scoring Model and associated Properties that encapsulate the business rules associated with what actions are appropriate or required for a unit of work and the Responses to the unit of work which represent the test-taker-contributed content (e.g., essays or other text-based responses, audio responses, digitized video responses, scanned images, diagrams, lessons plans, etc.) and ties that content to its creator are linked to a Distinct Scorable Unit (DSU) which represents a tree-based mechanism that connects and provides inheritability for the other primary system objects.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2006Date of Patent: February 12, 2013Assignee: Educational Testing ServiceInventors: David L. Kuntz, Preston Cody, Georgi Stefanov Ivanov, John E. Perlow
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Patent number: 8155578Abstract: Methods and systems for generating and processing an assessment examination answer sheet are disclosed. An answer sheet is formatted by question, column or section using a layout tool and includes calibration marks, and examinee and examination identifiers. The format is stored in a computer-readable form, such as an XML file. A conventional printer prints the answer sheet prior to a test administration. Upon completion, a scanned image of the answer sheet is produced using a conventional scanner. The calibration marks are used to determine relative positions of answer sheet elements and to determine light and dark answer values. The examinee and examination identifiers identify the examinee and the proper stored format. Automatic grading ensues. A graphical user interface (“GUI”) assists grading of the answer sheet. The GUI may use confidence level indicators to denote answer choices or questions for which the grading system cannot precisely determine the intended response.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2004Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: Educational Testing ServiceInventor: Preston Cody
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Publication number: 20070105084Abstract: A Consolidated Online Assessment System (COLA System) that creates, manipulates, and distributes an objected-oriented paradigm that represents the scoring and related activities as a unified and integrated family of loosely coupled objects, most notably a “Case” representing a state-machine that replaces the constructed response from the test taker as the unit of work. The Scoring Model and associated Properties that encapsulate the business rules associated with what actions are appropriate or required for a unit of work and the Responses to the unit of work which represent the test-taker-contributed content (e.g., essays or other text-based responses, audio responses, digitized video responses, scanned images, diagrams, lessons plans, etc.) and ties that content to its creator are linked to a Distinct Scorable Unit (DSU) which represents a tree-based mechanism that connects and provides inheritability for the other primary system objects.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2006Publication date: May 10, 2007Inventors: David Kuntz, Preston Cody, Georgi Ivanov, John Perlow
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Patent number: 7162198Abstract: A Consolidated Online Assessment System (COLA System) that creates, manipulates, and distributes an objected-oriented paradigm that represents the scoring and related activities as a unified and integrated family of loosely coupled objects, most notably a “Case” representing a state-machine that replaces the constructed response from the test taker as the unit of work. The Scoring Model and associated Properties that encapsulate the business rules associated with what actions are appropriate or required for a unit of work and the Responses to the unit of work which represent the test-taker-contributed content (e.g., essays or other text-based responses, audio responses, digitized video responses, scanned images, diagrams, lessons plans, etc.) and ties that content to its creator are linked to a Distinct Scorable Unit (DSU) which represents a tree-based mechanism that connects and provides inheritability for the other primary system objects.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2004Date of Patent: January 9, 2007Assignee: Educational Testing ServiceInventors: David L. Kuntz, Preston Cody, Georgi Stefanov Ivanov, John E. Perlow
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Publication number: 20050255439Abstract: Methods and systems for generating and processing an assessment examination answer sheet are disclosed. An answer sheet is formatted by question, column or section using a layout tool and includes calibration marks, and examinee and examination identifiers. The format is stored in a computer-readable form, such as an XML file. A conventional printer prints the answer sheet prior to a test administration. Upon completion, a scanned image of the answer sheet is produced using a conventional scanner. The calibration marks are used to determine relative positions of answer sheet elements and to determine light and dark answer values. The examinee and examination identifiers identify the examinee and the proper stored format. Automatic grading ensues. A graphical user interface (“GUI”) assists grading of the answer sheet. The GUI may use confidence level indicators to denote answer choices or questions for which the grading system cannot precisely determine the intended response.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2004Publication date: November 17, 2005Inventor: Preston Cody
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Publication number: 20050037326Abstract: A Consolidated Online Assessment System (COLA System) that creates, manipulates, and distributes an objected-oriented paradigm that represents the scoring and related activities as a unified and integrated family of loosely coupled objects, most notably a “Case” representing a state-machine that replaces the constructed response from the test taker as the unit of work. The Scoring Model and associated Properties that encapsulate the business rules associated with what actions are appropriate or required for a unit of work and the Responses to the unit of work which represent the test-taker-contributed content (e.g., essays or other text-based responses, audio responses, digitized video responses, scanned images, diagrams, lessons plans, etc.) and ties that content to its creator are linked to a Distinct Scorable Unit (DSU) which represents a tree-based mechanism that connects and provides inheritability for the other primary system objects.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2004Publication date: February 17, 2005Inventors: David Kuntz, Preston Cody, Georgi Ivanov, John Perlow
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Publication number: 20040259067Abstract: A method for permitting a user of a recording device that produces information both on a physical document and within an electronic memory to change a selected response is disclosed. Additionally, the method permits the user to reselect a previously deselected response. Moreover, methods for managing identification information for multiple users using one or more recording devices and for administering an exam to multiple users using multiple recording devices are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2004Publication date: December 23, 2004Inventors: Preston Cody, Yigal Attali, William Neary
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Patent number: 6816702Abstract: A Consolidated Online Assessment System (COLA System) that creates, manipulates, and distributes an objected-oriented paradigm that represents the scoring and related activities as a unified and integrated family of loosely coupled objects, most notably a “Case” representing a state-machine that replaces the constructed response from the test taker as the unit of work. The Scoring Model and associated Properties that encapsulate the business rules associated with what actions are appropriate or required for a unit of work and the Responses to the unit of work which represent the test-taker-contributed content (e.g., essays or other text-based responses, audio responses, digitized video responses, scanned images, diagrams, lessons plans, etc.) and ties that content to its creator are linked to a Distinct Scorable Unit (DSU) which represents a tree-based mechanism that connects and provides inheritability for the other primary system objects.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2002Date of Patent: November 9, 2004Assignee: Educational Testing ServiceInventors: David L. Kuntz, Preston Cody, Georgi Stefanov Ivanov, John E. Perlow
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Publication number: 20030175677Abstract: A Consolidated Online Assessment System (COLA System) that creates, manipulates, and distributes an objected-oriented paradigm that represents the scoring and related activities as a unified and integrated family of loosely coupled objects, most notably a “Case” representing a state-machine that replaces the constructed response from the test taker as the unit of work. The Scoring Model and associated Properties that encapsulate the business rules associated with what actions are appropriate or required for a unit of work and the Responses to the unit of work which represent the test-taker-contributed content (e.g., essays or other text-based responses, audio responses, digitized video responses, scanned images, diagrams, lessons plans, etc.) and ties that content to its creator are linked to a Distinct Scorable Unit (DSU) which represents a tree-based mechanism that connects and provides inheritability for the other primary system objects.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2002Publication date: September 18, 2003Inventors: David L. Kuntz, Preston Cody, Georgi Stefanov Ivanov, John E. Perlow