Patents by Inventor Richard Douglas Dobbs

Richard Douglas Dobbs 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).

  • Modular instruction using cognitive constructs
    Patent number: 7200581
    Abstract: In a method and computer-implemented system of modular instruction a body of knowledge is divided into cognitive constructs, with instructional materials and post-instruction assessments being associated with each of the cognitive constructs and comprising a learning packet. The instructional material associated with each learning packet is presented to a student, followed by the post-instruction assessment associated with each learning packet. A result of the post-instruction assessment is compared to a pre-defined standard for that learning packet to determine whether the instructional material associated with another learning packet should be presented to the student, or if the instructional material associated with the current learning packet should be presented again to the student. The learning packets can be presented in default sequence or they can be reordered and presented in a user-selected sequence, and all or only a portion of the learning packets can be presented to the student.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignee: The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
    Inventors: David Michael Taggart, Gregory D. Baker, Richard Douglas Dobbs, Richard J. Patz
  • Modular instruction using cognitive constructs
    Patent number: 6999954
    Abstract: In a method and computer-implemented system of modular instruction a body of knowledge is divided into cognitive constructs, with instructional materials and post-instruction assessments being associated with each of the cognitive constructs and comprising a learning packet. The instructional material associated with each learning packet is presented to a student, followed by the post-instruction assessment associated with each learning packet. A result of the post-instruction assessment is compared to a pre-defined standard for that learning packet to determine whether the instructional material associated with another learning packet should be presented to the student, or if the instructional material associated with the current learning packet should be presented again to the student. The learning packets can be presented in default sequence or they can be reordered and presented in a user-selected sequence, and all or only a portion of the learning packets can be presented to the student.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
    Inventors: David Michael Taggart, Gregory D. Baker, Richard Douglas Dobbs, Richard J. Patz
  • Modular instruction using cognitive constructs
    Publication number: 20030069872
    Abstract: A method and system of modular instruction is provided in which a body of knowledge is divided into N cognitive constructs, with instructional materials and post-instruction assessments associated with each of the N cognitive constructs and comprising a learning packet, and in which the N learning packets may be re-ordered by an administrator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2001
    Publication date: April 10, 2003
    Applicant: The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
    Inventors: David Michael Taggart, Gregory D. Baker, Richard Douglas Dobbs, Richard J. Patz