Patents

US 10198428 B2: Methods and systems for textual analysis

Granted
2019-02-05
Filed
2014-05-06 application 14270517
Type
Utility · 8 claims
Elsewhere
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Abstract

Computer-implemented methods and systems for textual analysis by generating models of the progression of writing and writing abilities are provided. A set of examinee-generated responses for one or more test items may be identified based upon at least one index. One or more data-based profiles may be assembled from the identified set of examinee-generated responses. Writing characteristics may be quantified from the assembled one or more data-based profiles based on the at least one index.

Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg190205.xml).

Assignees

AssigneeTypePlaceAlso on furp.orgSource
ACT CORPORATION 25 patentsForeign company or organizationIowa City, IAACT, INC. Federal lobbying client FUZZY medium confidence: same name (legal endings aside) and statePVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

Inventors

InventorPlacePatentsPerson pageSource
William E. BryantIowa City, IA5PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

CPC categories

SubclassCategoryFirst groupSource
G06FElectric digital data processingG06F40/253PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10
G09BEducational or demonstration appliances; appliances for teaching, or communicating with, the blind, deaf or mute; models; planetaria; globes; maps; diagramsG09B5/00PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).

Assignments and security interests

RecordedWhatFromToReel/frameSource
2024-06-14Security interest Security interest
Security interest
ACT EDUCATION CORP. signed 2024-06-13TRUIST BANK ATLANTA, GA67732/278ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25
2024-06-13Security interest Security interest
Security interest
ACT EDUCATION CORP. signed 2024-05-01TRUIST BANK ATLANTA, GA67713/790ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25
2024-06-11Name change
Change of name
IMPACT ASSET CORP. signed 2024-05-30ACT EDUCATION CORP. IOWA CITY, IA67683/808ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25
2024-05-08Assignment
Assignment of assignor's interest
ACT, INC. signed 2024-05-01IMPACT ASSET CORP. IOWA CITY, IA67352/636ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25
2014-05-06Assignment
Assignment of assignor's interest
BRYANT, WILLIAM signed 2014-05-02ACT, INC. IOWA CITY, IA32828/563ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25

Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.

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