Patents by Inventor Rick L. Murphy

Rick L. Murphy 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).

  • Method, device and system for providing educational services
    Patent number: 6907223
    Abstract: A method for providing educational services to at least one user engaging in at least one activity, the method including: enabling an agent to automatically monitor the user's engaging in the at least one activity; automatically and temporarily interrupting the engaging in the at least one activity using the enabled agent dependently upon the detecting; automatically presenting educational services to the at least one user using the enabled agent; and, allowing the at least one user to reengage with the activity based upon user interaction with the enabled agent; wherein, the user interaction is associated with the educational services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignee: Mad Dog Software, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Rick L. Murphy
  • Method, device and system for providing educational services
    Patent number: 6895214
    Abstract: A method for providing educational services to at least one user engaging in at least one activity, the method including: enabling an agent to automatically monitor the user's engaging in the at least one activity; detecting an occurrence of at least one criteria using the enabled agent; automatically and temporarily interrupting the engaging in the at least one activity using the enabled agent dependently upon the detecting; automatically presenting educational services to the at least one user using the enabled agent; and, allowing the at least one user to reengage with the activity based upon user interaction with the enabled agent; wherein, the user interaction is associated with the educational services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2005
    Inventor: Rick L. Murphy
  • Method, device and system for providing educational services
    Publication number: 20040081953
    Abstract: A method for providing educational services to at least one user engaging in at least one activity, the method including: enabling an agent to automatically monitor the user's engaging in the at least one activity; automatically and temporarily interrupting the engaging in the at least one activity using the enabled agent dependently upon the detecting; automatically presenting educational services to the at least one user using the enabled agent; and, allowing the at least one user to reengage with the activity based upon user interaction with the enabled agent; wherein, the user interaction is associated with the educational services.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2003
    Publication date: April 29, 2004
    Inventor: Rick L. Murphy
  • Method, device and system for providing educational services
    Publication number: 20030165802
    Abstract: A method for providing educational services to at least one user engaging in at least one activity, the method including: enabling an agent to automatically monitor the user's engaging in the at least one activity; detecting an occurrence of at least one criteria using the enabled agent; automatically and temporarily interrupting the engaging in the at least one activity using the enabled agent dependently upon the detecting; automatically presenting educational services to the at least one user using the enabled agent; and, allowing the at least one user to reengage with the activity based upon user interaction with the enabled agent; wherein, the user interaction is associated with the educational services.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2002
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventor: Rick L. Murphy