Patents by Inventor Russell Craig Becker

Russell Craig Becker 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).

  • Reward based game and teaching method and apparatus employing television channel selection device
    Patent number: 6551104
    Abstract: The present invention includes an apparatus and a method for teaching relationships between numbers and how to perform certain types of mathematical operations. The system includes a television channel selection device, such as a remote control device with a visual display. The user selects a channel to view, and is presented with a mathematical problem involving the channel number. When the problem is correctly solved, the television switches to the selected channel. If an incorrect solution is entered, the user is given further opportunities to solve the problem before being prompted to a solution. The degree of difficulty of the problems can be adaptively adjusted, depending upon the accuracy of the user's answers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Inventor: Russell Craig Becker
  • Reward based game and teaching method and apparatus employing television channel selection device
    Publication number: 20020012894
    Abstract: The present invention includes an apparatus and a method for teaching relationships between numbers and how to perform certain types of mathematical operations. The system includes a television channel selection device, such as a remote control device with a visual display. The user selects a channel to view, and is presented with a mathematical problem involving the channel number. When the problem is correctly solved, the television switches to the selected channel. If an incorrect solution is entered, the user is given further opportunities to solve the problem before being prompted to a solution. The degree of difficulty of the problems can be adaptively adjusted, depending upon the accuracy of the user's answers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2001
    Publication date: January 31, 2002
    Inventor: Russell Craig Becker