Patents
US 11062023 B2: Secure distribution and administration of digital examinations
- Granted
- 2021-07-13
- Filed
- 2019-05-16 application 16413929
- Type
- Utility · 20 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A kit for administering a secure examination includes examinee interfaces and an enclosure with a gateway, power adapters to power the examinee interfaces, and a local examination server, wherein the local examination server includes a first network adapter configured to communicatively couple to a central examination server via a first network connection through the gateway and a second network adapter configured to communicatively couple to the plurality of examinee interface via a second network connection, and wherein the local examination server obtains examination items from the central examination server, transmits the examination items to the examinee interfaces, obtains a responsive input to the examination items from the examinee interfaces, transmits the responsive input to the central examination server, and causes the examinee interfaces to enter an examination mode that restricts access to applications, networks, and devices not required for taking the examination.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg210713.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACT CORPORATION 25 patents | Foreign company or organization | Iowa City, IA | ACT, INC. Federal lobbying client FUZZY medium confidence: same name (legal endings aside) and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan McCallum | Austin, TX | 1 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Jay Venenga | Iowa City, IA | 1 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| G06F | Electric digital data processing | G06F21/53 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G06Q | Information and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes; systems or methods specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes, not otherwise provided for | G06Q50/205 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G09B | Educational or demonstration appliances; appliances for teaching, or communicating with, the blind, deaf or mute; models; planetaria; globes; maps; diagrams | G09B7/00 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| H04L | Transmission of digital information, e.g. telegraphic communication | H04L41/28 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-06-14 | Security interest Security interest Security interest | ACT EDUCATION CORP. signed 2024-06-13 | TRUIST BANK ATLANTA, GA | 67732/278 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2024-06-13 | Security interest Security interest Security interest | ACT EDUCATION CORP. signed 2024-05-01 | TRUIST BANK ATLANTA, GA | 67713/790 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2024-06-11 | Name change Change of name | IMPACT ASSET CORP. signed 2024-05-30 | ACT EDUCATION CORP. IOWA CITY, IA | 67683/808 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2024-05-08 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | ACT, INC. signed 2024-05-01 | IMPACT ASSET CORP. IOWA CITY, IA | 67352/636 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2020-02-20 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | MCCALLUM, RYAN signed 2019-05-17 VENENGA, JAY signed 2019-06-03 | ACT, INC. IOWA CITY, IA | 51879/458 | ECORSEXC, 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.
USPTO bulk data: PatentsView granted patents, disambiguated (PVGPATDIS) for patents, assignees, inventors, places and CPC categories; the USPTO Patent Assignment Dataset (ECORSEXC) for assignments and security interests. Patents filed in the last 20 years. No claims or full text. Links to other records are by name (and state): EXACT means the identical full name and state; FUZZY means a looser name match, with the confidence shown.