U.S. elearning Patents and Patent Applications

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1 10/406,246 4-Apr-03 4 GL School Solutions, Inc. Method and system for online analytical processing of educational and other outcomes 10/455,804 4-Mar-04 4 GL School Solutions, Inc. Management tracking system and method of use 10/698,423 3-Nov-03 4 GL School Solutions, Inc. Encounter Tracker and Service Gap Analysis System and Method of Use 10/648, Aug-03 4 GL School Solutions, Inc. Method and system for compliance forms and compliance forms user interface 5,974, Oct Oct-99 Academy of Applied Science Internet based distance learning system for communicating between server and clients wherein... 09/218,977 5,987, Dec Nov-99 Accenture LLP System, method and article of manufacture for a goal based educational system 6,003, Dec-99 Accenture LLP System, method and article of manufacture for a simulation system for goal based education 6,016, Jan-00 Accenture LLP System mthod and article of manufactur for a goal based system utilizing an activity table 6,018, Jan-00 Accenture LLP System, method and article fo manufacture for a simulation engine with a help Website and processing engine 6,018, Dec-98 Accenture LLP System, method and article of manufacture for a goal based system utilizing a spreadsheet and table based architecture 6,018, Jan-00 Accenture LLP System, method and article of manufacture for a runtime program regression analysis tool for a simulation engine 6,023,691 8-Feb-00 Accenture LLP Goal based stimulator (sic) utilizing a spreadsheet architecture 6,023,692 8-Feb-00 Accenture LLP Goal based tutoring system with behavior to control flow of presentation 6,026, Feb-00 Accenture LLP System, method and article of manufacture for a goal based educaitonal system with support for dynamic media control 6,029, Feb-00 Accenture LLP Goal based tutoring system with behavior to taylor (sic) to characteristics of a particular user instructional media + magic, inc May 2007

2 6,029, Feb-00 Accenture LLP System, method and article of manufacture for a simulation enabled feedback system 6,029, Feb-00 Accenture LLP System, method and article of manufacture for a simulation enabled accounting tutorial system 6,032, Feb-00 Accenture LLP System, method and article of manufacture for a goal based educational system with support for dynamic tailored feedback 6,064, May-00 Accenture LLP System, method and article of manufacture for a simulation engine with an expert system example processing engine 6,067, May-00 Accenture LLP System method and article of manufacture for a goal based educational system with support for dynamic personality feedback 6,067, May-00 Accenture LLP A system, method and article of manufacture for a simulation enabled focused feedback tutorial system 6,073,127 6-Jun-00 Accenture LLP Sytem, method and article of manufacture for a goal based system with dynamic feedback information 6,085,184 4-Jul-00 Accenture LLP System, method and article of manufacture for a dynamic toolbar in a tutorial system 6,101,489 8-Aug-00 Accenture LLP System, method and article of manufacture for a simulation system for goal based system utilizing a time based model 6,125, Sep-00 Accenture LLP System, method and article of manufacture for a simulation system for goal based education of a plurality of students 6,134, Oct-00 Accenture LLP A system, method and article of manufacture for a goal based Education and Reporting System 09/219, Dec-98 Accenture LLP System, method and article of manufacture for a simulation enabled retail management tutorial system 10/951, Sep-04 Accenture LLP System for supporting interactive presentations to customers 6,471, Jul Oct-02 Athenium, L.L.C System for implementing collaborative training and online learning over a computer network and... instructional media + magic, inc May 2007

3 4,798, Mar Jan-89 Bell & Howell Company Interactive training method and system 09/608,208 6,988, Jun Jan-06 Blackboard Inc. Internet-based Education Support System and Methods 10/443, May-02 Blackboard Inc. Internet-based education support system and method with multi-language capability 10/373, Feb-03 Blackboard Inc. Method and system for conducting online transactions 10/643, Aug-03 Blackboard Inc. Internet-based education support system, method and medium providing security attribute in modular, extensible components 10/643, Aug-03 Blackboard Inc. Internet-based education support system, method and medium with modular text-editing component for use in a web-based application 10/918, Aug-04 Blackboard Inc. Content system and associated methods 11/142,965 2-Jun-05 Blackboard Inc. Content and portal systems and associated methods 09/ Jun-01 Campus Pipeline Methods and systems for delivering announcements to users of an information system 09/ Jun-01 Campus Pipeline Methods and systems for coordinating the termination of sessions on one or more systems 6,170, Mar-99 2-Jan-01 Community Learning and Information Network Computer architecture for managing courseware in a shared use operating environment... 5,002, Apr Mar-91 COMTEK Electronic classroom system enabling interactive self-paced learning 09/384,458 6,470, Aug Oct-02 ecollege.com Inc. On-line Educational Systems fo Display of Educational Materials 09/879,882 6,674, Aug-01 6-Jan-04 ecollege.com Inc. On-line Education Systm for Document Sharing 09/879,880 6,678, Jun Jan-94 ecollege.com Inc. On-line Educational System for Grading of Assignments and Posting Grade Information in an O-line Gradebook 09/879,881 6,684, Jun Jan-04 ecollege.com Inc. On-line Educational System for Processing Exam Questions and Answers 10/061,200 6,871,043 1-Feb Mar-05 ecollege.com Inc. Variable Types of Sensory Interaction for an On-line Educational System 6,965, Aug Nov-05 ecollege.com Inc. On-line educational system having an electronic notebook feature instructional media + magic, inc May 2007

4 10/061,794 1-Feb-02 ecollege.com Inc. Electronic editor tool for educational courses in an on-line educational system 10/766, Jan-04 ecollege.com Inc. Method and apparatus for providing presentation options during an on-line educational exam based upon a user's profile 10/870, Jun-04 ecollege.com Inc. Individualized retention plans for students 10/905, Jan-05 ecollege.com Inc. Course Evaluation Survey Management and Reporting System and Method 10/906, Jan-05 ecollege.com Inc. Web Service API for Student Information and Course Management Systems 10/906, Jan-05 ecollege.com Inc. Educational Course Content Duplicator and Manager 11/160, Jun-06 ecollege.com Inc. Learning Outcome Manager 11/161, Jul-06 ecollege.com Inc. System and Mehod for On-line Educational Course Gradebook with Tracking of Student Activity 5,059, Oct Oct-91 Educational Testing Service Computerized mastery testing system, a computer administered variable length sequential testing 5,259, Dec-91 9-Nov-93 Educational Testing Service Method and system for interactive computer science testing, anaylsis and feedback 5,565, Jun Oct-96 Educational Testing Service System and method for computer based testing 5,657, May Aug-97 Educational Testing Service Method and apparatus for administration of computerized adaptive tests 5,827,070 7-Jun Oct-98 Educational Testing Service System and methods for computer based testing 5,893,717 1-Feb Apr-99 Educational Testing Service Computerized method and system for teaching prose, document and quantitative literacy 5,987, Mar Nov-99 Educational Testing Service On-line essay evaluation system 5,991, Mar Nov-99 Educational Testing Service Computerized system for scoring constructed responses and methods for training, monitoring, and 6,254, Apr-99 3-Jul-01 Educational Testing Service System and method for automated testing of writing skill 6,368,110 4-May-00 9-Apr-02 Epic Learning, Inc Educational homeroom for providing user specific educational tools and information 6,370,355 4-May-00 9-Apr-02 Epic Learning, Inc Blended learning educational system and method instructional media + magic, inc May 2007

5 10/462,142 7,069, Jun Jun-06 Friendster, Inc. System, method and apparatus for connecting users in an online compuer system based on their relationship with social networks 10/854, May-04 Friendster, Inc. System and method for managing an online social network 10/854, May-04 Friendster, Inc. System and method for managing information flow between members of an online social network 10/867, Jun-04 Friendster, Inc. Method of sharing social network information with existing user databases 10/867, Jun-04 Friendster, Inc. Online content delivery based on information from social networks 10/897, Jul-04 Friendster, Inc. Authorization and authentication based on an individual's social network 10/941, Sep-04 Friendster, Inc. Proximity search methods using tiles to represent geographical zones 10/967, Oct-04 Friendster, Inc. Visual tags for search results generated from social network information 08/651,422 5,727, May Mar-98 Interactive Educational Concepts, Inc. Agent based instruction system and method 5,310, Apr May-94 Jostens Learning Corporation Instructional management system 07/833,905 5,267, Feb-92 7-Dec-93 Lee, John R. Interactive Computer Aided Natural Learning Method and Apparatus 08/161/511 5,441,415 6-Dec Aug-95 Lee, John R. Interactive Computer Aided Natural Learning Method and Apparatus 08/482,397 5,788,508 7-Jun-95 4-Aug-98 Lee, John R. Interactive Computer Aided Natural Learning Method and Apparatus 09/045,818 6,064, Mar May-00 Lee, John R. Master workstation which communicates with a plurality of slave workstations in an educational system 11/219,035 1-Sep-05 LinkedIn Corporation Method and system for reputation evaluation of online users in a social networking scheme 10/159, May-05 Jain, Manisha Method and system for presenting online courses. 4,705, Mar Nov-87 Maron, Melvin J. Process of teaching instructional media + magic, inc May 2007

6 6,256, Sep-99 3-Jul-01 NCS Pearson, Inc. Method of distribution of digitized materials and control of scoring for open-ended assessments 09/489,090 6,449, Jan Sep-02 Pearson Education Volume Management Method and System for a Compilation of Content 6,466, May Oct-02 NCS Pearson, Inc. System and method of distribution of digitized materials and control of scoring for open-ended 6,552, Jun Apr-03 Optical scanning device having a calibrated pixel output and method for calibrating such a device NCS Pearson, Inc. 09/489,087 6,661, Jan Aug-03 Pearson Education Method and System for Removing Content Entity Object in a Hierarchically Structured Content Object Stored in a Database 7,054, Oct May-06 NCS Pearson, Inc. System and method of distribution of digitized materials and control of scoring for open-ended 09/489,730 7,007, Jan Feb-06 Pearson Education File Structure for Storing Content Objects in a Data Repository 09/489,570 7,043, Jan-00 9-May-06 Pearson Education Method and System for Storing Hierarchical Content Objects in a Data Repository 09/489,265 7,089, Jan-00 8-Aug-06 Pearson Education Method and System for Preventing Mutually Exclusive Content Entities Stored in a Data Repository to be Included in the Same Compilation of Content 6,164, May Dec-00 Softlight Inc. Evaluation based learning system 08/618,364 5,649, Mar Jul-97 Stephen G. West Method and Device for Teaching Language 6,065, Oct May-00 Systems and Computer Simplified Interface for Relational Database Access Using 08/741,705 Technology Corporation Open Database Connectivity 09/060,655 6,185, Apr-98 6-Feb-01 Systems and Computer Technology Corporation System for Automatically Organizing Data in Accordance with Pattern Hierarchies Therein 08/794,425 6,920,859 5-Feb-97 6-Jul-99 Systems and Computer Technology Corporation Hypertext document retrieval system and method 10/010,783 7,093, Nov Aug-06 Systems and Computer Technology Corporation Methods and systems for coordinating sessions on one or more systems 5,597,312 4-May Jan-97 U S West Technologies, Inc. Intelligent tutoring method and system instructional media + magic, inc May 2007

7 6,301, Jun-99 9-Oct-01 UNext.com LLC Online collaborative apprenticeship 6,347, Jun Feb-02 UNext.com LLC Online virtual campus 6,358, Feb Mar-02 UNext.com LLC Interactive online language instruction 6,622, Aug Sep-03 UNext.com LLC Method for developing or providing an electronic course 6,790, Jun Sep-04 UNext.com LLC Method and system for analyzing student performance in an electronic course 6,704,541 6-Dec-00 9-Mar-04 UNext.com LLC Method and system for tracking the progress of students in a class 6,652, Dec Nov-03 UNext.com LLC Administrator and instructor course management application for an online education course H 6,789, Apr-01 7-Sep-04 UNext.com LLC Method and system for evaluating the performance of an instructor of an electronic course instructional media + magic, inc May 2007