Patents by Inventor Robert J. BENSLEY

Robert J. BENSLEY 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).

  • Behavioral intelligence framework, content management system, and tool for constructing same
    Patent number: 10467924
    Abstract: A computer-implemented tool having a collection of content management subsystems allows the content creator to construct a web-based behavioral modification site without the need for computer programming skills. The content delivery system constructed with this tool employs a lesson manager that delivers lesson content based on a tree structure; a virtual educator manager that presents different graphical images of an educator character, complete with different facial expressions and gestures designed to facilitate learning; a link manager that supplements lesson content with links to supplemental material and automatically suppresses dead links; and an impact manager that automatically administers a stage-of-change questionnaire a predefined time interval after the lesson was completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Robert J. Bensley, Jason Rivas, John J. Brusk
  • BEHAVIORAL INTELLIGENCE FRAMEWORK, CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND TOOL FOR CONSTRUCTING SAME
    Publication number: 20160240097
    Abstract: A computer-implemented tool having a collection of content management subsystems allows the content creator to construct a web-based behavioral modification site without the need for computer programming skills. The content delivery system constructed with this tool employs a lesson manager that delivers lesson content based on a tree structure; a virtual educator manager that presents different graphical images of an educator character, complete with different facial expressions and gestures designed to facilitate learning; a link manager that supplements lesson content with links to supplemental material and automatically suppresses dead links; and an impact manager that automatically administers a stage-of-change questionnaire a predefined time interval after the lesson was completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicant: WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Robert J. BENSLEY, Jason RIVAS, John J. BRUSK