Patents by Inventor Trent L. Dennis

Trent L. Dennis 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).

  • Interactive training application
    Patent number: 6535713
    Abstract: An interactive training application has three components: a lesson engine, a lesson delivery system, and a lesson authoring tool. The lesson engine runs an interactive, multimedia training exercise based on the contents of a lesson file, which comprises a plurality of pages. Each page includes a navigation item, associated with another page, and a reference to multimedia content. The lesson delivery system displays a menu of lessons to a student, fetches a lesson file corresponding to the student's selection, and invokes the lesson engine upon the lesson file. The lesson authoring tool provides a graphical interface for inputting and editing storyboards, from which the lesson authoring tool is configured for generating a lesson file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Verizon Services Corp.
    Inventors: Paunpimon A. Houlihan, Trent L. Dennis, William V. Murphy, David Schwartz
  • Interactive training application
    Publication number: 20030044761
    Abstract: An interactive training application has three components: a lesson engine, a lesson delivery system, and a lesson authoring tool. The lesson engine runs an interactive, multimedia training exercise based on the contents of a lesson file, which comprises a plurality of pages. Each page includes a navigation item, associated with another page, and a reference to multimedia content. The lesson delivery system displays a menu of lessons to a student, fetches a lesson file corresponding to the student's selection, and invokes the lesson engine upon the lesson file. The lesson authoring tool provides a graphical interface for inputting and editing storyboards, from which the lesson authoring tool is configured for generating a lesson file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2002
    Publication date: March 6, 2003
    Inventors: Paunpimon A. Houlihan, Trent L. Dennis, William V. Murphy, David Schwartz