US Patent No: 6,549,751

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Multimedia educational system

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Abstract

A multimedia teaching system and method incorporates portable electronic textbooks, connected in a seamless and secure fashion to supplementary materials, for example on the Web or an intranet. Instructors identify student mistakes as they are being made and direct students to supplementary material. Real-time two-way communication between student and instructor is initiated by both the student and the instructor.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Mandri, Giuseppe Li 3 Golf La., Mendham, NJ 07945 1 30

Cited Art

Patent Info (Count) # Cites Year
 
DISCOVERY PATENT HOLDINGS, LLC (2)
5,986,690 Electronic book selection and delivery system 145 1994
D402310 Electronic book 63 1994
 
ITHACA MEDIA CORPORATION (2)
5,954,515 Printed book augmented with associated electronic data 17 1997
5,957,697 Printed book augmented with an electronic virtual book and associated electronic data 43 1998
 
MOTOROLA MOBILITY LLC (2)
5,663,748 Electronic book having highlighting feature 117 1995
5,697,793 Electronic book and method of displaying at least one reading metric therefor 66 1995
 
MOTOROLA, INC. (2)
5,534,888 Electronic book 181 1994
5,761,682 Electronic book and method of capturing and storing a quote therein 9 1995
 
NCR CORPORATION (2)
5,717,856 Method of operating multiple computers by identical software running on every computer with the exception of the host computer which runs shared program in addition 31 1996
5,941,957 Dependable web page synchronization mechanism 44 1997
 
PUBLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL, LTD. (2)
5,803,748 Apparatus for producing audible sounds in response to visual indicia 27 1996
6,041,215 Method for making an electronic book for producing audible sounds in response to visual indicia 34 1998
 
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. (2)
5,339,091 Paperless portable book 173 1992
5,475,398 Electric display device providing emphasis and retrieval of designated information 46 1994
 
ACADEMY OF APPLIED SCIENCE (1)
5,974,446 Internet based distance learning system for communicating between server and clients wherein clients communicate with each other or with teacher using different communication techniques via common user interface 194 1996
 
APEL EDUCATION CONSULTANCY, LLC (1)
6,075,968 System and method for educating learning-disabled individuals 17 1997
 
APPLE INC. (1)
5,802,516 Method of controlling an electronic book for a computer system 107 1995
 
AT&T CORP. (1)
5,956,027 Method and apparatus for sharing a web page 52 1995
 
ATOP TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (1)
5,897,324 Multimedia-book operable with removable data storage media implemented with universal interfacing book-adapting processor 31 1997
 
AYECON REMOTE LLC (1)
5,774,109 Electronic scrolling book with temporary interruptions 46 1995
 
BANCROFT, WILLIAM M. (1)
6,315,572 Method and system for computerized authoring, learning, and evaluation 90 1999
 
CAPITAL EDUCATION LLC (1)
6,301,462 Online collaborative apprenticeship 148 1999
 
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY (1)
6,091,930 Customizable interactive textbook 163 1997
 
CB SCIENCES, INC. (1)
6,261,103 System for analyzing and/or effecting experimental data from a remote location 44 1999
 
DATAVENTURES, INC. (1)
5,847,698 Electronic book device 169 1996
 
EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE (1)
5,437,555 Remote teaching system 71 1993
 
EDUTECH RESEARCH LABS, LTD. (1)
5,458,494 Remotely operable teaching system and method therefor 84 1993
 
ENIGMA INFORMATION SYSTEMS LTD. (1)
5,893,109 Generation of chunks of a long document for an electronic book system 104 1996
 
EVERYBOOK DELAWARE, INC. (1)
5,761,485 Personal electronic book system 198 1995
 
FRANKLIN ELECTRONIC PUBLISHERS, INCORPORATED (1)
5,717,938 Coded cartridges for electronic books 9 1995
 
FUJITSU LIMITED (1)
6,024,577 Network-based education system with capability to provide review material according to individual students' understanding levels 54 1997
 
FUTECH INTERACTIVE PRODUCTS, INC. (1)
6,021,306 Apparatus for presenting visual material with identified sensory material 37 1997
 
GASTON, KERRY R. (1)
5,956,048 Electronic book system 36 1997
 
I CREATE INTERNATIONAL, INC. (1)
5,829,985 Interactive children's game 17 1996
 
INTEL CORPORATION (1)
5,809,247 Method and apparatus for guided touring of internet/intranet websites 180 1996
 
INTERACTIVE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC. (1)
5,263,869 Interactive group communication system 45 1991
 
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (1)
6,009,429 HTML guided web tour 160 1997
 
IPLEARN, LLC (1)
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LEMELSON, JEROME H. (1)
5,823,788 Interactive educational system and method 163 1995
 
MICROSOFT CORPORATION (1)
5,764,913 Computer network status monitoring system 85 1996
 
MINOLTA CAMERA KABUSHIKI KAISHA (1)
5,696,982 Apparatus and method for page-retrieval using electronic-book display 56 1994
 
NETSAGE CORPORATION (1)
5,727,950 Agent based instruction system and method 460 1996
 
NUVOMEDIA, INC. (AGREEMENT AND APPROVAL OF MERGER BETWEEN GEMSTAR EBOOK GROUP AND NUVOMEDIA, INC.) (1)
4,855,725 Microprocessor based simulated book 244 1988
 
PAGE TOUCH TECHNOLOGIES, LLC (1)
5,810,604 Electronic book and method 53 1995
 
PHIL ORBANES PRODUCTIONS, INC. (1)
5,437,552 Interactive audio-visual work 66 1994
 
PRATT HOLCO KG LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (1)
6,037,954 Portable hand-held reading device 39 1997
 
PROMETRIC, INC. (1)
5,915,973 System for administration of remotely-proctored, secure examinations and methods therefor 95 1997
 
RESTAURANT TECHNOLOGY, INC. (1)
4,764,120 Student response system 94 1986
 
ROVI TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (1)
5,956,034 Method and apparatus for viewing electronic reading materials 101 1996
 
SCHWARTZ, STEPHEN A.-U.S. CITIZEN (1)
5,636,995 Interactive story book and graphics tablet apparatus and methods for operating the same 71 1995
 
SCIENTIFIC LEARNING CORPORATION (1)
5,957,699 Remote computer-assisted professionally supervised teaching system 79 1997
 
SOFTLIGHT INC. (1)
6,164,974 Evaluation based learning system 73 1998
 
SONY CORPORATION (1)
5,477,510 Optical disc playback and display apparatus 33 1993
 
STEPHEN A. SCHWARTZ AND DESIGN LAB, LLC (1)
5,851,119 Interactive story book and methods for operating the same 31 1996
 
TECHNOLOGY FOR CONNECTICUT, INC. (1)
6,149,441 Computer-based educational system 163 1998
 
TESTING SYSTEMS, INC. (1)
5,204,813 Computer-controlled testing process and device for administering an examination 118 1990
 
TRUSTEES OF THE COLLEGE OF AERONAUTICS, THE, A CORP. OF NY (1)
4,867,685 Audio visual instructional system 100 1987
 
TW SECURITY CORP. (1)
5,835,722 System to control content and prohibit certain interactive attempts by a person using a personal computer 214 1996
 
OTHER [CHECK PATENT PROFILE FOR ASSIGNMENT INFORMATION] (10)
5,176,520 Computer assisted instructional delivery system and method 134 1990
5,475,399 Portable hand held reading unit with reading aid feature 138 1993
5,466,158 Interactive book device 94 1994
5,438,344 Portable video book 21 1994
5,645,432 Toy or educational device 31 1995
5,820,379 Computerized method of displaying a self-reading child's book 10 1997
5,991,594 Electronic book 86 1997
D399526 Electronic book 37 1997
D410028 Electronic book 27 1998
2001/0042,002 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATING TARGETED INFORMATION 33 1999

Patent Citation Ranking

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Patent Info (Count) # Cites Year
 
GOOGLE INC. (21)
7,707,039 Automatic modification of web pages 36 2004
8,214,387 Document enhancement system and method 0 2005
8,019,648 Search engines and systems with handheld document data capture devices 1 2005
7,831,912 Publishing techniques for adding value to a rendered document 18 2005
7,742,953 Adding information or functionality to a rendered document via association with an electronic counterpart 16 2005
7,599,580 Capturing text from rendered documents using supplemental information 21 2005
7,599,844 Content access with handheld document data capture devices 23 2005
7,596,269 Triggering actions in response to optically or acoustically capturing keywords from a rendered document 19 2005
7,593,605 Data capture from rendered documents using handheld device 49 2005
7,421,155 Archive of text captures from rendered documents 63 2005
7,702,624 Processing techniques for visual capture data from a rendered document 17 2005
7,818,215 Processing techniques for text capture from a rendered document 24 2005
8,005,720 Applying scanned information to identify content 1 2005
7,437,023 Methods, systems and computer program products for data gathering in a digital and hard copy document environment 48 2005
7,812,860 Handheld device for capturing text from both a document printed on paper and a document displayed on a dynamic display device 24 2005
7,990,556 Association of a portable scanner with input/output and storage devices 1 2006
8,081,849 Portable scanning and memory device 0 2007
8,418,055 Identifying a document by performing spectral analysis on the contents of the document 0 2010
8,261,094 Secure data gathering from rendered documents 0 2010
8,346,620 Automatic modification of web pages 0 2010
8,179,563 Portable scanning device 0 2010
 
EINSTRUCTION CORPORATION (1)
8,187,005 Interactive chalkboard 0 2007
 
EXBIBUO B.V. (1)
7,606,741 Information gathering system and method 44 2005
 
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. (1)
7,092,669 System for facilitating teaching and learning 3 2002
 
SCANTRON CORPORATION (1)
8,358,964 Methods and systems for collecting responses 0 2008
 
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA (1)
6,807,395 Computer assisted learning system, storage server used for computer assisted learning system and computer readable media recording program used in storage server 6 2002
 
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. (1)
8,352,876 Interactive electronic book operating systems and methods 0 2008
 
OTHER [CHECK PATENT PROFILE FOR ASSIGNMENT INFORMATION] (3)
8,064,817 Multimode recording and transmitting apparatus and its use in an interactive group response system 0 2009
8,442,331 Capturing text from rendered documents using supplemental information 0 2009
8,447,066 Performing actions based on capturing information from rendered documents, such as documents under copyright 0 2010

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