Patents by Inventor Myra LIU

Myra LIU has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • User generated content within an online education platform
    Patent number: 10796592
    Abstract: According to an implementation, a system includes an online education platform including a content manager configured to provide an authoring tool on a computing device associated with a learner of an online course. The authoring tool is configured to provide at least one user interface for creation of a learner-created question for an assessment for the online course. The content manager includes an education content converter configured to convert the learner-created question from a first format to a second format. The online education platform including an assessment bank configured to store the learner-created question, as well as other learner-created questions and instructor-created questions. The online education platform including a content selector configured to select a plurality of questions from the assessment bank for the assessment for the online course.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Coursera, Inc.
    Inventors: Jacob K. Samuelson, Myra Liu, Jiquan Ngiam, Mustafa Furniturewala
  • USER GENERATED CONTENT WITHIN AN ONLINE EDUCATION PLATFORM
    Publication number: 20180174476
    Abstract: According to an implementation, a system includes an online education platform including a content manager configured to provide an authoring tool on a computing device associated with a learner of an online course. The authoring tool is configured to provide at least one user interface for creation of a learner-created question for an assessment for the online course. The content manager includes an education content converter configured to convert the learner-created question from a first format to a second format. The online education platform including an assessment bank configured to store the learner-created question, as well as other learner-created questions and instructor-created questions. The online education platform including a content selector configured to select a plurality of questions from the assessment bank for the assessment for the online course.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Jacob K. SAMUELSON, Myra LIU, Jiquan NGIAM, Mustafa FURNITUREWALA