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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2009
Gregory Keim, Broadway, VA (US);
Jack August Marmorstein, Harrisonburg, VA (US);
Michael Scott Fulkerson, Harrisonburg, VA (US);
Ronald Bryce Inouve, Harrisonburg, VA (US);
Alisha Huber, Dayton, VA (US);
Gregory Keim, Broadway, VA (US);
Jack August Marmorstein, Harrisonburg, VA (US);
Michael Scott Fulkerson, Harrisonburg, VA (US);
Ronald Bryce Inouve, Harrisonburg, VA (US);
Alisha Huber, Dayton, VA (US);
Rosetta Stone, Ltd., Arlington, VA (US);
Abstract
In a communication between individuals having different levels of skill in a language, communication by the more skilled individual is controlled so as to keep it at a level understandable by the lesser skilled individual. For example, a native speaker's communication with a student learning his language (the target language) is monitored by an interface and compared with a stored model representing the student's knowledge and ability in the language. Should the native speaker communicate in a way that would not be understood by the student, for example, by using vocabulary or a sentence structure beyond the student's ability, the interface will notify the native speaker. The interface might then suggest an alternate word or sentence structure to the native speaker, inviting him to use the alternate communication. The native speaker can then substitute and send the alternate communication.