Patents by Inventor Reed Olsen

Reed Olsen 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).

  • Publication number: 20180144654
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods relating to creating, administering, and evaluating assessments, such as quizzes and tests. According to various embodiments, assessors create challenge problems that can be answered by assessees through the creation and/or manipulation of geometric shapes. Assessors can evaluate and assign feedback objects to geometric shape answers created by the assessees. The geometric shape answer items can be graded via a grading subsystem in batches and/or through a rule-based system to increase the efficiency and consistency of the grading process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventor: Dan Reed Olsen, JR.
  • Publication number: 20170357425
    Abstract: In some implementations, a computing device can automatically generate a scene. For example, a scene can be a collection of accessories and corresponding accessory states. When the scene is invoked, the computing device can cause the accessories associated with the scene to assume the corresponding accessory states. The computing device can automatically determine the accessories and/or corresponding accessory states for a scene based on historical patterns of use represented in historical accessory state data. The computing device can generate a scene based on a snapshot of current accessory states for the accessories associated with the scene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2016
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Benjamin A. Smith, Reed Olsen, Kevin McLaughlin, Anush Nadathur
  • Publication number: 20170359191
    Abstract: In some implementations, a computing device can automatically generate a service group. For example, accessories can be automatically grouped together based on various criteria (such as historical usage patterns). The accessories in the service group can be managed and/or controlled as if the accessories were a single accessory or entity. In some implementations, a computing device can intelligently select service group controls for presentation to the user so that the user can control the service group. For example, the computing device can select which service group controls to present and the order in which to present the controls based on features that are common among different accessories in the service group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Benjamin A. Smith, Reed Olsen, Kevin McLaughlin, Anush Nadathur
  • Publication number: 20170359193
    Abstract: In some implementations, a computing device can present accessory state information. For example, the computing device can receive accessory state information from various accessories and present status items representing the current state of the accessories. The status items can be prioritized according to classifications assigned to accessories and/or accessory state information. The status items can be filtered based on a role assigned to the user of the computing device. Additional implementations and details are described in the paragraphs that follow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2016
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Benjamin A. Smith, Reed Olsen, Kevin McLaughlin, Anush Nadathur
  • Publication number: 20170359189
    Abstract: In some implementations, a computing device can automatically generate a service group. For example, accessories can be automatically grouped together based on various criteria (such as historical usage patterns). The accessories in the service group can be managed and/or controlled as if the accessories were a single accessory or entity. In some implementations, a computing device can intelligently select service group controls for presentation to the user so that the user can control the service group. For example, the computing device can select which service group controls to present and the order in which to present the controls based on features that are common among different accessories in the service group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Benjamin A. Smith, Reed Olsen, Kevin McLaughlin, Anush Nadathur
  • Patent number: 9685095
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods relating to administration, evaluation, and review of assessments, such as quizzes and tests. According to various embodiments, a first challenge problem of an assessment may be displayed to an assessor, such as an instructor of students. The first challenge problem may include one or more answers provided by an assessee, such as a student. For example, an assessee may have answered the challenge problem by providing one or more digital ink stroke answers, a draggable object answer, and/or an annotation answer. The systems and methods described herein facilitate the automatic and/or semi-automatic evaluation of the assessee answer items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: SparxTeq Inc.
    Inventor: Dan Reed Olsen
  • Publication number: 20140377733
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods relating to administration, evaluation, and review of assessments, such as quizzes and tests. According to various embodiments, a first challenge problem of an assessment may be displayed to an assessor, such as an instructor of students. The first challenge problem may include one or more answers provided by an assessee, such as a student. For example, an assessee may have answered the challenge problem by providing one or more digital ink stroke answers, a draggable object answer, and/or an annotation answer. The systems and methods described herein facilitate the automatic and/or semi-automatic evaluation of the assessee answer items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSTIY
    Inventor: Dan Reed Olsen, JR.