Patents by Inventor Roger Packard Creamer

Roger Packard Creamer 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).

  • Student reporting systems and methods
    Patent number: 7980855
    Abstract: The present invention relates to, among other things, the interactive reporting of student progress using learning maps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: CTB/McGraw-Hill
    Inventors: Sylvia Tidwell Scheuring, Roger Packard Creamer, Richard James Lee, David Schultz, Darlene Waddington
  • System and method of capturing and processing hand-written responses in the administration of assessments
    Publication number: 20040121298
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system and methodology for overcoming the shortcomings of traditional pen and paper assessment administration while taking advantage of the benefits offered by computer technology in a manner that is fair to all respondents, regardless of their individual computer proficiencies. Hand written item responses are made by a writing instrument that creates a digital electronic record of the hand written response. The digital electronic record can then be stored, transmitted electronically, and evaluated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Applicant: CTB/McGraw-Hill
    Inventors: Roger Packard Creamer, David Michael Taggart
  • Paper-based adaptive testing
    Publication number: 20040091847
    Abstract: A system and method for administering adaptive tests employs computer technology for item storage, response storage and scoring, and item selection, but permits examinees to write item responses on paper response sheets. The handwritten responses are electronically captured so as to create electronic data corresponding to the response. The electronic data can thereafter be electronically processed, e.g., stored, sorted, transmitted, displayed, scored, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2003
    Publication date: May 13, 2004
    Applicant: CTB/McGraw-Hill
    Inventor: Roger Packard Creamer