Patents
US 8740620 B2: Language teaching system that facilitates mentor involvement
- Granted
- 2014-06-03
- Filed
- 2011-11-21 application 13301639
- Type
- Utility · 16 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
Disclosed herein, in certain embodiments, are computer-based language immersion teaching systems, products, programs, and methods comprising a digital processing device and a computer program that creates a language immersion teaching environment, wherein said environment comprises: a plurality of learning activities associated with a target language; a software module for providing voiceover audio in said target language; and a software module for providing translation of said voiceover and/or text from said target language to a specified language, wherein said translation is both written and voiced, and wherein said software module for providing translation of voiceover and/or text is adapted for use by a mentor to a learner of said target language.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg140603.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 |
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 | G09B5/065 | 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 |
| 2012-09-18 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | DOHRING, DOUG signed 2012-02-02 MCCAFFREY, WILLIAM signed 2012-02-02 | AGE OF LEARNING, INC. GLENDALE, CA | 28981/941 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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