Patents
US 8727781 B2: Online educational system with multiple navigational modes
- Granted
- 2014-05-20
- Filed
- 2010-11-15 application 12946570
- Type
- Utility · 53 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A web-based educational system comprising at least one area of skill, interest, or expertise, a plurality of activities associated with each area of skill, interest, or expertise, and at least three navigational modes, wherein the navigational modes comprise a sequenced navigational mode, a guided navigational mode, and an independent navigational mode. Optionally, the learner can switch between available navigational modes.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg140520.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGE OF LEARNING, INC. 9 patents | US company or organization | Glendale, CA | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Dohring | Glendale, CA | 9 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| William McCaffrey | Glendale, CA | 6 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Stephanie Yost | Glendale, CA | 3 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| David Hendry | La Cañada Flintridge, CA | 8 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Lee Borth | Burbank, CA | 1 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| G09B | Educational or demonstration appliances; appliances for teaching, or communicating with, the blind, deaf or mute; models; planetaria; globes; maps; diagrams | G09B5/08 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-09-08 | Release of security interest Termination and release of security interest in patents | BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT signed 2015-09-04 | AGE OF LEARNING, INC. GLENDALE, CA | 36563/126 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2013-11-11 | Security interest Security interest Notice of grant of security interest in patents | AGE OF LEARNING, INC. signed 2013-11-06 | BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT LOS ANGELES, CA | 31615/735 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2011-02-01 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | BORTH, LEE signed 2011-01-05 HENDRY, DAVID signed 2011-01-05 MCCAFFREY, WILLIAM signed 2011-01-05 YOST, STEPHANIE signed 2011-01-05 DOHRING, DOUG signed 2011-01-06 | AGE OF LEARNING, INC. GLENDALE, CA | 25730/128 | 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.
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