US Patent Issued to Ramot at Tel-Aviv University on June 23 for "Content-driven virtual agent facilitator for online group activity" (Israeli Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,664,908, issued on June 23, was assigned to Ramot at Tel-Aviv University Ltd. (Tel-Aviv, Israel).

"Content-driven virtual agent facilitator for online group activity" was invented by Goren Gordon (Tel-Aviv, Israel) and Elinor Mizrahi (Tel-Aviv, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure is of a virtual agent (web based or robotic) for controlling group activities, such as learning and discussion. The aim is enhancing the effectivity of the activity by maintaining an effective, positive atmosphere and equitable participation.The agent applies multimodal input, comprising video and sound to monitor certain aspects of the group dy...