Patents Assigned to Pearson Education, Inc.
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Patent number: 12277869Abstract: Systems and methods of the present invention provide for: storing a plurality of content plugins; generating a graphical user interface (GUI) including components for: selecting a subset of plugins, defining a relationship between the plugins in the subset, and defining a custom pathway through the subset, including rules or conditions for navigation; receiving, from the content creator client device, selection of the subset, the relationship, and the rule or condition; generating, from the subset, relationship, and rule or condition; and transmitting to client devices for display, a learning course content for a learning application.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2024Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: PEARSON EDUCATION, INC.Inventors: Franklin Alioto, Jeffrey Argast, Zack Belinson, David Copeman, Samir Derradji, Amanda Newlin, David Rowe, Kristin Sardina, Brian Weck
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Patent number: 12218992Abstract: Systems and methods of the present invention provide for receiving, from a client, a request for a collaborative environment; displaying the collaborative environment; recording a plurality of attempt steps including events input by a learner to solve a problem, and solution steps input into the collaborative environment by an instructor, which identifies a timestamp within the plurality of events and generates alternative events solving the problem. The system then receives a request to reproduce the collaborative environment; and generates a reproduction of the collaborative environment.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2020Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: PEARSON EDUCATION, INC.Inventor: Alex Johnson
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Patent number: 12125404Abstract: Systems, device configurations, and processes for a server to receive, from a user interface (UI) on a client, a request to generate a list from a selection of: an objective, vocabulary item, and/or grammar point mapped to a range of competency scores, and an audience. The server then selects data records storing data for the objective, vocabulary item or grammar point. The server then renders, for transmission and display on the client, a user interface control including a list of data for the objective, grammar point, and/or vocabulary item.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2020Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: PEARSON EDUCATION, INC.Inventors: Catherine Hayes, Michael John Mayor, Joseph John Woracheck, Ian Wood, Veronica Benigno, Simon Piers Buckland
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Patent number: 12093502Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems, device configurations, and processes for displaying presentation control interfaces as overlays of content being displayed by an interactive whiteboard computing system in an interactive presentation environment, including one or more panels displaying selectable icons for performing various control tasks, including: viewing a present position and changing position within a sequence for the presentation; inputting, finding, and loading data to be stored for the presentation; interacting with the computing system or connected devices; and the like. Additional configurations include automatically showing, hiding, and/or repositioning control interface panels so that they are accessible by the presenter without substantially interfering with the presentation.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2020Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: PEARSON EDUCATION, INC.Inventors: Jacqueline Martin, Yvette Roberts, Joanne Hunter, Nathan Harris
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Patent number: 12073741Abstract: Systems and methods of the present invention provide for: storing a plurality of content plugins; generating a graphical user interface (GUI) including components for: selecting a subset of plugins, defining a relationship between the plugins in the subset, and defining a custom pathway through the subset, including rules or conditions for navigation; receiving, from the content creator client device, selection of the subset, the relationship, and the rule or condition; generating, from the subset, relationship, and rule or condition; and transmitting to client devices for display, a learning course content for a learning application.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2023Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: PEARSON EDUCATION, INC.Inventors: Franklin Alioto, Jeffrey Argast, Zack Belinson, David Copeman, Samir Derradji, Amanda Newlin, David Rowe, Kristin Sardina, Brian Weck
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Patent number: 12027069Abstract: Systems and methods for automated content generation and delivery are provided herein. The system can include a memory that can include a content item library. The content library can include a hierarchical data structure having levels and a plurality of data packets, each of which data packets is linked with at least a portion of the hierarchical data structure. The system can include at least one server that can identify and deliver an item within a first content domain to a user device, evaluate a response to the delivered item, generate a scalar estimated skill level with a unidimensional evaluation engine, select and present a next item based on the estimated skill level, and upon completion of an assessment, generate a vector estimated skill level with a multidimensional evaluation engine.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2019Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: PEARSON EDUCATION, INC.Inventors: Amy Reilly, Tyler Matta
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Patent number: 11983723Abstract: Techniques described herein relate to tracking and analyzing digital credential usage in sensor-monitored environments. A digital credential platform server may receive data identifying credential receivers, and then retrieve the digital credentials generated and issued to the credential receivers. The digital credential platform server may then determine sets of physical activities associated with the digital credentials issued to a credential receiver, and may use sensor-based monitoring systems to detect the user actions of the credential receiver and compare those actions to the physical activities associated with the credentials. Comparisons between the user actions detected for the credential receiver, and the physical activities associated with the receiver's credentials, may be used to determine re-credentialing time periods, credential expiration times, and the like.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2018Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: PEARSON EDUCATION, INC.Inventors: Mark Mercury, Jarin Schmidt, E. Clarke Porter, Peter Pascale, Andrew Stockinger, Ronald D. Lancaster, Jr.
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Patent number: 11960493Abstract: Systems and methods of the present invention may be used to determine metrics and health scores for content that may correspond to an educational course or textbook, which may be in a digital format. The metrics and health scores may be determined at various hierarchical content levels, and may be used to quantitatively assess how well the corresponding content is performing based on responses submitted to assessment item parts of the content by responders. The metrics may include difficulty and discrimination metrics, which may be determined using maximum likelihood estimation methods based on a modified two parameter item response model. A content analytics interface corresponding to a given content element may be generated and displayed via a user device, and may include content health scores of subcontent within that content element. The subcontent may be ordered according to content health score.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2022Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: PEARSON EDUCATION, INC.Inventors: Krzysztof Jedrzejewski, Quinn Lathrop, Kacper Lodzikowski, Tomasz Matysiak, Mikolaj Olszewski, Mateusz Otmianowski, Malgorzata Schmidt
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Patent number: 11960825Abstract: A network-accessible toolbox permits collaborative annotation, facilitating interaction and communication among users. In an implementation, content on a Web page, or other page or document accessible through a network or the Internet, can be annotated. A user can view the page and with the toolbox, select content on the page and make an annotation or suggestion. Multiple users can view and make annotations to the same page at the same time. After annotations are made, users can view the page with annotations made by other users. The author or owner of the page can accept or reject the annotations or suggestions made to the page. If the owner accepts a particular suggestion, the selected content is replaced with the suggestion.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2018Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: PEARSON EDUCATION, INC.Inventors: Sam Neff, Raymond Galang, Sundararajan Parasuraman
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Patent number: 11875706Abstract: Systems and methods for automated custom training of a scoring model are disclosed herein. The method include: receiving a plurality of responses received from a plurality of students in response to providing of a prompt; identifying an evaluation model relevant to the provided prompt, which evaluation model can be a machine learning model trained to output a score relevant to at least portions of a response; generating a training indicator that provides a graphical depiction of the degree to which the identified evaluation model is trained; determining a training status of the model; receiving at least one evaluation input when the model is identified as insufficiently trained; updating training of the evaluation model based on the at least one received evaluation input; and controlling the training indicator to reflect the degree to which the evaluation model is trained subsequent to the updating of the training of the evaluation model.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2019Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: PEARSON EDUCATION, INC.Inventors: Alok Baikadi, Scott Hellman, Jill Budden, Stephen Hopkins, Kyle Habermehl, Peter Foltz, Lee Becker, Mark Rosenstein
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Patent number: 11868374Abstract: Systems and methods of the present invention provide for: generating a GUI comprising survey questions associated with degree factors and associated rating GUI components indicating application of the factor to a user; receiving the factor rating for each survey question; identifying a high factor rating exceeding a threshold; selecting a degree identifier sharing a common high factor rating between the first response and a response stored in the database; generating a candidate degree list including the degree identifier; generating a second GUI including the candidate degree list; and transmitting the second GUI to a client device.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2020Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: PEARSON EDUCATION, INC.Inventors: Jay Lynch, Reuben N. Kelly
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Patent number: 11854433Abstract: Systems and methods of the present invention provide for estimating latent ability of responders to a digital assessment in the form of ability scores and estimating item parameters an assessment item of the digital assessment including difficulty scores and discrimination scores. Maximum likelihood estimation may be performed based on an item response theory model to estimate the item parameters. Supervisory, extraction, and worker modules of a workflow manager module may initiate general purpose graphics processing unit instances and cause these instances to perform the maximum likelihood estimation calculations. The item response theory model may be a two parameter model that is modified to account for changes in difficulty caused by the use of hints.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2019Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: PEARSON EDUCATION, INC.Inventors: Krzysztof Jȩdrzejewski, Quinn Lathrop, Kacper Lodzikowski, Tomasz Matysiak, Mateusz Otmianowski, Malgorzata Schmidt
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Patent number: 11817014Abstract: Systems and methods for automated custom training of a scoring model are disclosed herein. The method include: receiving a plurality of responses received from a plurality of students in response to providing of a prompt; identifying an evaluation model relevant to the provided prompt, which evaluation model can be a machine learning model trained to output a score relevant to at least portions of a response; generating a training indicator that provides a graphical depiction of the degree to which the identified evaluation model is trained; determining a training status of the model; receiving at least one evaluation input when the model is identified as insufficiently trained; updating training of the evaluation model based on the at least one received evaluation input; and controlling the training indicator to reflect the degree to which the evaluation model is trained subsequent to the updating of the training of the evaluation model.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2019Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: PEARSON EDUCATION, INC.Inventors: Lee Becker, William Murray, Peter Foltz, Mark Rosenstein, Alok Baikadi, Scott Hellman, Kyle Habermehl, Jill Budden, Stephen Hopkins, Andrew Gorman
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Patent number: 11816247Abstract: A multi-country data pipeline keeps all of the PII received from a user that is in a first country in the first country. The data pipeline allows the non-personal data received from the user to be transmitted and analyzed in a second country. The method further allows the results of the analysis in the second country to be transmitted back to the first country where the PII is added to the results of the analysis. The data pipeline allows the results of the analysis in the second country to be used to take a desired action for the user in the first country, all while the PII of the user never leaves the first country.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2022Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: PEARSON EDUCATION, INC.Inventors: Leo Woessner, Jeffrey DeYoung, Ritu Saxena, Chadwick Reimers
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Patent number: 11792161Abstract: Systems and methods for automatic content remediation notification are disclosed herein. The system can include memory that can contain a content library database. The system can include a first user device and one or more servers. The one or more servers can: receive a content aggregation creation request from the first user device; identify content information associated with a set of the plurality of data packets; apply a filter request to the set of the plurality of data packets; automatically provide information relating to data packets in the restricted set of data packets to the first user device; receive content aggregate information identifying a content aggregate from the first user device; evaluate the content aggregate according to the metadata associated with the data packets of the content aggregate; and output an indicator of the evaluation result to the first user device.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2019Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: PEARSON EDUCATION, INC.Inventors: Robert Altmann, Cecil R. Reynolds, Randy Kamphaus, Jinosh K. Phillip, Stacy L. Goros, Andrea L. Olson
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Patent number: 11785094Abstract: Systems and methods for secure content delivery are disclosed herein. The system can include a content driver communicatingly connected with a user device via a layered protocol model or via a User Datagram Protocol (UDP). The content driver can generate a signal directing the creation of a secured partition on a bootable media device connected to a user device, identify content for delivery, and generate pixel data for the content. The content driver can send the pixel data to the user device, wherein the user device is configured to store the pixel data in the secured partition of the bootable media device. The content driver can receive a plurality of response inputs from the user device, wherein the response inputs are generated by a software application running on the bootable media device, generate a response based on the received response inputs, and provide the generated response to an evaluation module.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2020Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: PEARSON EDUCATION, INC.Inventors: Michael Nealis, Corey Hoesley, Nick Wilson, Vladan Pulec
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Patent number: 11776080Abstract: The present invention provides for one or more server computers configured to receive user input from a user interface (UI) comprising a first and second job description. The server queries a database to identify a first and second competency score associated with the first and second job descriptions respectively. The server then generates a personalized course profile comprising a plurality of objectives stored in the database and each associated with a third competency score between the first and second competency scores. The server then renders a second UI including an ordered list of the objectives and UI controls for accessing assets associated with the objectives. The server then transmits the second UI to a client computer for display.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2017Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: PEARSON EDUCATION, INC.Inventor: Christoph Grau
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Patent number: 11763688Abstract: A system including at least one processor configured to: store learning resources and learning outcome frameworks in a database, which are then selected; map sections of learning resources to associated objectives within learning outcome frameworks; generate a GUI, including access to learning resources and frameworks; receive selection of a learning framework and a learning resource; and in response, generate a framework menu, selectable learning objectives, and an associated resource content, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: PEARSON EDUCATION, INC.Inventors: Jamie Luetjen, Karen Taxier
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Patent number: 11756445Abstract: A system and method is configured to determine an initial assessment score for an initial curriculum activity for a learner. A query identifying, within a data logic or at least one database record, a lower threshold value is executed. Responsive to determining that the initial assessment score is less than the lower threshold value, a query is executed identifying a remediation curriculum activity associated with the initial curriculum activity and a first graphical user interface is encoded including an identification of the learner and a first user interface element configured to cause the server hardware computing device to modify a lesson plan of the learner to include the remediation curriculum activity. The first graphical user interface is transmitted to a client hardware computing device for display.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2018Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: PEARSON EDUCATION, INC.Inventors: Nathan Harris, Eleonora Pessina
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Patent number: 11750552Abstract: Systems and methods for automated evaluation system routing are described herein. The system can include a memory, which can include a model database and a correlation database. The system can include a first user device and a second user device. The system can include at least one server. The at least one server can: receive a response communication from the user device; generate an initial evaluation value according to an AI model; determine a correlation between the initial evaluation value and evaluation range data; accept the initial evaluation value when the correlation exceeds a threshold value; and route the response communication to the second user device for generation of an elevated evaluation value when the correlation does not exceed the threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2017Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: PEARSON EDUCATION, INC.Inventors: Kyle Habermehl, Karen Lochbaum, Robert Sanders, Walter Denny Way, Ryan Calme