Patents by Inventor Shawn M. Rasure

Shawn M. Rasure 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).

  • Publication number: 20200342388
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are aspects for preparing a staffing schedule report for secondary education campuses of a school district, including a method for preparing a staffing schedule report for secondary education campuses of a school district. In one example, the method includes: (1) receiving data for the secondary campuses of the school district from at least one external source, (2) preparing a staffing schedule report for the secondary education campuses in the school district using the received data and an analysis of staffing requirements for each of the secondary education campuses based on the received data, and (3) generating the staffing schedule report as a visual display that presents a column, based on the analysis, denoting whether a department of the campuses is understaffed, overstaffed, or no indication of a understaffed/overstaffed condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: J. Eli Crow, Kenneth L. Sikes, Shawn M. Rasure
  • Publication number: 20200320461
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method, a staff scheduler, and a staff scheduling system for preparing a staffing schedule report for at least one elementary education campus of a school district. In one example, the method includes: (1) receiving data for the elementary education campus from at least one external source, the data including at least student data, teacher data, enrollment data, required minutes of core teaching, and required minutes per specials course, (2) preparing a staffing schedule report for the elementary education campus that satisfies conditions indicated by the received data, and (3) generating the staffing schedule report as a visual display having a matrix of rows and columns, wherein the columns correspond to at least some of the received data, and the rows include total rows for total grade level, total specials courses, and campus totals for the elementary education campus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: J. Eli Crow, Kenneth L. Sikes, Shawn M. Rasure
  • Patent number: 10706374
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are aspects of a staff scheduling system for preparing a staffing schedule report for secondary education campuses of a school district. In one embodiment, a staff scheduler comprises at least one interface for receiving a plurality of inputs from at least one external computing device; and a processor configured to perform a staff scheduling algorithm to generate a staffing schedule report for the secondary education campuses, wherein the staff scheduling algorithm generates a series of input prompts and decisions based on the plurality of inputs. The plurality of inputs includes at least courses requested by students at each campus, current teachers available in the district, current teachers' qualifications, campus facility information, which courses may be shared at multiple campuses, and which staff may be shared by multiple campuses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Education Advanced, Inc.
    Inventors: J. Eli Crow, Kenneth L. Sikes, Shawn M. Rasure
  • Patent number: 10692026
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are aspects of a staff scheduling system for preparing a staffing schedule report for at least one elementary education campus of a school district. In one embodiment, a staff scheduler comprises at least one interface for receiving a plurality of inputs from at least one external computing device; and a processor configured to perform a staff scheduling algorithm to generate a staffing schedule report for each of the elementary education campuses, wherein the staff scheduling algorithm generates a series of input prompts and decisions based on the plurality of inputs. The plurality of inputs may include at least student data, teacher data, enrollment data, and required minutes per course per week.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Education Advanced, Inc.
    Inventors: J. Eli Crow, Kenneth L. Sikes, Shawn M. Rasure
  • Publication number: 20200027053
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are aspects of a staff scheduling system for preparing a staffing schedule report for at least one elementary education campus of a school district. In one embodiment, a staff scheduler comprises at least one interface for receiving a plurality of inputs from at least one external computing device; and a processor configured to perform a staff scheduling algorithm to generate a staffing schedule report for each of the elementary education campuses, wherein the staff scheduling algorithm generates a series of input prompts and decisions based on the plurality of inputs. The plurality of inputs may include at least student data, teacher data, enrollment data, and required minutes per course per week.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: J. Eli Crow, Kenneth L. Sikes, Shawn M. Rasure
  • Publication number: 20190287042
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are aspects of a staff scheduling system for preparing a staffing schedule report for secondary education campuses of a school district. In one embodiment, a staff scheduler comprises at least one interface for receiving a plurality of inputs from at least one external computing device; and a processor configured to perform a staff scheduling algorithm to generate a staffing schedule report for the secondary education campuses, wherein the staff scheduling algorithm generates a series of input prompts and decisions based on the plurality of inputs. The plurality of inputs includes at least courses requested by students at each campus, current teachers available in the district, current teachers' qualifications, campus facility information, which courses may be shared at multiple campuses, and which staff may be shared by multiple campuses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: J. Eli Crow, Kenneth L. Sikes, Shawn M. Rasure