Patents
US 8784108 B2: Computer-based language immersion teaching for young learners
- Granted
- 2014-07-22
- Filed
- 2011-11-21 application 13301660
- Type
- Utility · 20 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
Disclosed herein, in certain embodiments, are computer-based language immersion teaching systems, products, programs, and methods for learners aged about 3 to about 10 years 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, and wherein said plurality of activities comprises: at least one learning activity based on a taxonomy of phonemes; at least one learning activity selected from: songs, chants, books, poems, puzzles, games, art activities, and printable activities; voiceover audio in said target language; and a software module for recording said learner's pronunciation and comparing it to one or more model pronunciations.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg140722.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 | |
| David Hendry | La Cañada Flintridge, CA | 8 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Stephanie Yost | Glendale, CA | 3 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Jerry Chiawei Chen | Saratoga, CA | 2 | 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 | G09B5/06 | 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 | CHIAWEI CHEN, JERRY signed 2012-02-02 DOHRING, DOUG signed 2012-02-02 HENDRY, DAVID signed 2012-02-02 YOST, STEPHANIE signed 2012-02-02 | AGE OF LEARNING, INC. GLENDALE, CA | 28980/767 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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