Electrical Means For Recording Examinee's Response Patents (Class 434/362)
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Patent number: 11561649Abstract: An operation judgment method for an interactive touch system, which is applied by a first electronic device in cooperation with a second electronic device. The first electronic device receives a projected image from the second electronic device. The projected image is displayed on a display surface of the first electronic device. The operation judgment method includes steps S1 to S3. Step S1 generates a plurality of touch feature information corresponding to a plurality of touchpoints according to a touch action. Each touch feature information includes a plurality of eigenvalues, and the touch feature information is stored in a touch register module, wherein the first touch feature information of each touch action is the initial touchpoint. Step S2 sequentially analyzes the touch feature information to generate a first command or a second command. Step performs a corresponding operation according to the first command or the second command.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2022Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: AVER INFORMATION INC.Inventors: Chao-Hung Chang, Chia-Feng Wu, Yun-Long Sie, Cheng-Cheng Yu
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Patent number: 11563752Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing a security operation. The security operation includes: monitoring an entity to identify a behavior enacted by the entity, the monitoring observing at least one electronically-observable data source; deriving an observable based upon the behavior enacted by the entity, the observable comprising event information corresponding to a behavior enacted by the entity; identifying an indicator of behavior from the event information corresponding to the behavior enacted by the entity, the indicator of behavior providing an abstracted description of an inferred intent associated with the behavior enacted by the entity; associating a security persona with the entity based upon the indicator of behavior, the security persona comprising a group of entity behaviors associated with a particular security risk use case; and, performing the security operation, the security operation using the security persona associated with the entity.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2020Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: Forcepoint LLCInventors: Raffael Marty, Nicolas Christian Fischbach
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Patent number: 11558213Abstract: A method, computer system, and a computer program product for deep tagging a recorded review session is provided. The present invention may include identifying a recording segment referencing an artifact in a recorded review session. The present invention may also include generating a bi-directional link between the identified recording segment and the referenced artifact.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2021Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Manus Kevin McHugh, Schuyler Bruce Matthews, Lisa Seacat DeLuca, Sarika Budhiraja
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Patent number: 11544605Abstract: A question and answer (QA) system, computer program product, and computer-implemented method configured to determine an answer to a question that includes a measurement value. In one example, the QA system receives a question and analyzes the question to identify a measurement value specified in the question. The QA system determines relevant passages to the question. The QA system assigns a measurement value confidence score to a relevant passage based on a comparison of the measurement value specified in the question and a second measurement value specified in the relevant passage. The QA system determines an order of the relevant passages using the measurement value confidence score of each of the relevant passages. The QA system determines an answer to the question based on the order of the relevant passages.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2018Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Kyle M. Brake, Stephen A. Boxwell, Keith G. Frost, Stanley J. Vernier
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Patent number: 11546351Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing a security operation. The security operation includes: monitoring an entity, the monitoring observing at least one electronically-observable data source; deriving an observable based upon the monitoring of the electronically-observable data source; associating a human factor with the entity; identifying an event of analytic utility, the event of analytic utility being derived from the observable from the electronic data source; analyzing the event of analytic utility, the analyzing the event of analytic utility taking into account the human factor associated with the entity enacting the event of analytic utility; and, performing the security operation in response to the analyzing the event of analytic utility, the security operation comprising a human factor risk operation.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2020Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: Forcepoint LLCInventors: Raffael Marty, Nicolas Christian Fischbach
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Patent number: 11528305Abstract: This application relates to the communications field, and disclose an information exchange method and a terminal. The method includes: determining target content in a current interface according to an operation instruction entered by a topic initiator for the current interface; determining a discussion topic title based on the target content, and setting up a topic discussion group; adding a topic participant to the topic discussion group based on the target content and/or the discussion topic title; and receiving discussion content entered by the topic initiator and/or the topic participant, and displaying the discussion content.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2021Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Shaolei Wang, Ren Li, Yuanfeng Chu
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Patent number: 11526373Abstract: Concepts and technologies directed to agentless personal firewall security in virtualized datacenters are disclosed herein. Embodiments can include a computer system that can host a hypervisor via a memory and a processor. Upon execution, the processor can cause the computer system to perform operations. The operations can include receiving an inbound communication request to a virtual machine associated with the hypervisor. The operations also can include identifying a virtual port associated with the virtual machine based on the inbound communication request. The operations can include determining that the inbound communication request lacks an identity of a virtual application process that executes on the virtual machine. The operation also can include building a virtual machine memory map. The operation also can include forcing exposure of the virtual application process based on the virtual machine memory map.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2020Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: Interwise Ltd.Inventors: Sofia Belikovetsky, Ofer HaCohen
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Patent number: 11528307Abstract: Near real-time collaborative media production by parties located remotely from each other is facilitated by the described methods. Automated dialog replacement with voice talent, editing system operator, and director located remotely from each other is supported by generating synchronized near real-time feeds for the operator and director. Pre-recorded media played back from the editing system is streamed without delay to the talent. A pre-recorded media feed is also delayed to synchronize it with the incoming talent stream, which was recorded in sync with the pre-recorded media stream when received by the talent. The synchronized feed is output to the operator and streamed to the director. Talkback channels and webcam video with appropriate synchronization delays support communication among the parties.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2020Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: AVID TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Christopher M. Winsor, Paul Vercellotti, Jeffrey A. Lomicka, Timothy H. Claman
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Patent number: 11514808Abstract: A data collection, display, and report generation platform has a first input interface configured to present a learning module comprising a series of questions and answers on a plurality of successive question/answer screens comprising a plurality of radio buttons, at least one of the radio buttons configured to accept both a first input action and a subsequent second input action, each providing a different visual indication. The first and second input action each indicate a different confidence level of a learner's answer. A display dashboard displays a plurality of data visualizations of metrics of misinformation and struggle of plurality of learners based on a plurality of answers collected through the first input interface, and comprises one or more bar graph displays, one or more heat map displays, and one or more sorting tools configured to alter the one or more bar graph displays or one or more heat map displays.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2020Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: Knowledge Factor, Inc.Inventors: Robert Burgin, Nicholas Hjort, Charles J. Smith, Matthew Jensen Hays
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Patent number: 11508252Abstract: Systems and methods for automatic generation of a content presentation plan are disclosed herein. The method can include receiving content identification information, retrieving objective information for the one or several objectives identified for inclusion in a content presentation plan, identifying at least one prerequisite skill for completion of at least one of the one or several objectives, generating at least one remediation question configured to delineate between users having mastery of the at least one prerequisite skill and users not having mastery of the at least one prerequisite skill, pre-selecting remedial content for providing to users identified as not having mastery of the at least one prerequisite skill, selecting objective content corresponding to the at least one objectives, and creating a content presentation plan containing the at least one remediation question, the remedial content, and the objective content.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2021Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: PEARSON EDUCATION, INC.Inventors: Vivek Govil, Wayne Press, Jennifer Walsh
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Patent number: 11475784Abstract: In the existing processes for the creation and distribution of content such as question papers, there are multiple stages where human intervention is required which leads to huge scope of paper leakage and malpractice. In addition to that these processes require huge manpower and high costs for the distribution of content. A method and system for securely distributing the content in an examination has been provided. The system provides a green paper device that keep the content only accessible for a defined duration and cannot be copied or printed through any medium. The device can be used in invigilator mode as master paper device and the examination mode as receiving paper device. The system also includes a content authoring engine for securely creating or authoring content. The content is transferred from the content authoring engine to the cloud server and to master paper device in a password protected encrypted format.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2019Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITEDInventors: Viral Prakash Shah, Rishi Setiya, Shobhit Shukla
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Patent number: 11475222Abstract: A controller accesses an initial taxonomy for a domain comprising one or more existing terms for the domain identified in a hierarchical structure. The controller analyzes a corpus documents for a domain to identify a selection of one or more documents with glossaries. The controller extracts, from the glossaries, one or more pairs each comprising a term and a definition. The controller attempts to map a respective term of each of the one or more pairs into the initial taxonomy for the domain based on text of a respective definition of each of the one or more pairs to generate an updated taxonomy for the domain.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2020Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Charles E. Beller, Andrew Doyle, Edward G. Katz, Alexander C. Tonetti
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Patent number: 11462119Abstract: In one embodiment, the invention discloses a method for adapting educational content. The method comprises generating data for each of a plurality of students, the data pertaining to an aspect of the student's interaction with an educational system; combining the generated data to form a combined data set; analyzing the combined data set to identify clusters, each representing similar students according to a mathematical model; and adapting the educational system to provide a customized learning experience for a particular student based on an identified cluster.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2019Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: DreamBox Learning, Inc.Inventors: Benjamin W. Slivka, Lou Gray, Roy Leban, Nigel J. Green, Daniel R. Kerns, Neil Smith, Mickelle Weary, Cristopher Cook, Cheryl A. Dodge, Ronald Anthony Kornfeld
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Patent number: 11445920Abstract: An information processing method includes: obtaining first image data indicating an image of at least one portion of a face of a target person from a camera connected to or built into a first computer; obtaining cerebral blood flow information indicating a state of cerebral blood flow of the target person from a detector that is connected to or built into the first computer and that detects the cerebral blood flow information; and displaying, on a display connected to or built into a second computer connected to the first computer through a remote network, an output image including a first image based on the first image data and a second image based on the cerebral blood flow information. The first image is a moving image including the at least one portion of the face, and the second image indicates changes over time in the cerebral blood flow information.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2019Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Masaaki Yanagida, Masato Suzuki
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Patent number: 11436937Abstract: Method, apparatus and computer program for providing a personalized study plan to a learner through cognitive and behavioral diagnosis of the learner. A learner who uses a data input device such as a smart pen and a stylus pen by using data obtained from the data input device. The method, apparatus and computer program relate to technology for obtaining input data based on information inputted by a user for at least one question with the data input device, creating test behavior data on the user from the obtained input data, analyzing cognition and behavior of the user based on at least one of metadata on the at least one question and the created test behavior data, and providing a personalized study plan to the user through an algorithm using machine learning based on the cognition and behavior analysis.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2019Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: Knowledge AI Inc.Inventors: Joon Hee Won, Min Chol Kang
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Patent number: 11423796Abstract: A system for assessing a response from a user for at least one learning content and providing interactive feedback based on an assessment of user content is provided. The system comprises a memory that stores a set of instructions and a processor that executes the set of instructions. The processor is configured to: (a) generate a database with at least one learning content, wherein the database further stores at least one question associated with the at least one learning content or answer key for the at least one question; (b) provide the at least one learning content and a test comprising the at least one question to a user on a user device; (c) process a response from the user with reference to the at least one question associated with the at least one learning content module using a graphical user interface for communicating interactively with the database; (d) automatically assess the response from the user; and (e) provide interactive feedback to the user as score or a graphical representation.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2019Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Inventor: Shailaja Jayashankar
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Patent number: 11410773Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a universal platform for at-home health testing and diagnostics are provided herein. In particular, a health testing and diagnostic platform is provided to connect medical providers with patients and to generate a unique, private testing environment. In some embodiments, the testing environment may facilitate administration of a medical test to a patient with the guidance of a proctor. In some embodiments, the patient may be provided with step-by-step instructions for test administration by the proctor within a testing environment. The platform may display unique, dynamic testing interfaces to the patient and proctor to ensure proper testing protocols and accurate test result verification.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2022Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: EMED LABS, LLCInventors: Michael W. Ferro, Jr., Sam Miller, Marco Magistri, Colman Thomas Bryant, Adam Charles Carlson, Zachary Carl Nienstedt, Chris Ensey
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Patent number: 11410258Abstract: The invention is directed to a system and method for collection, distribution and delivery of university student enrollment, progress, and degree completion data, media content, and other data to campus students, faculty, users, employees, and external stakeholders, and more particularly to an integrated distribution system and method that obtains data from multiple sources into a single database, extracts and validates relevant data from the multiple sources and removes legacy formatting and non-essential information, provides user-centric reports, and distributes graphic media from one or more filtered special-purpose user-centric reports that is published to user display devices.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2019Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: Board of Trustees, California State UniversityInventors: Jeff Gold, Desdemona Cardoza, Roy Stripling
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Patent number: 11410567Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for online learning compliance systems. An example method can include receiving a request including a user identifier (UUID) and associated with a live or on-demand class; based on the request, retrieving course content including streamed content when the request is for the live class and a data object associated with a course, chapter, and/or lesson when the request is for the on-demand class; tracking, based on electronic messages sent to a user terminal, time spent by a user accessing the course content; based on the tracked time, updating a time spent counter in a user record associated with the UUID; and reconciling tracked live time and tracked on-demand time from the time spent counter into a progress value associated with the UUID.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2021Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: FREEDOM TRAIL REALTY SCHOOL, INC.Inventor: William Henchy
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Patent number: 11410568Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and processor-readable storage media for generating context-based question-answer pairs by applying artificial intelligence techniques to context-related data are provided herein.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2019Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Rohan Sharma, Shubham Gupta, Gyanendra Kumar Patro
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Patent number: 11409737Abstract: An analytics system can include a display on which a plurality of images are shown, and an analytics application communicably coupled to the display. The analytics application can receive a question and hypotheses from a user using the display. The analytics application can also generate queries using a natural language module, and send the queries to a plurality of data sources. The analytics application can further receive data from the data sources in response to the queries, and evaluate the data to generate evaluated data. The analytics application can also present the evaluated data, and receive a selection of at least one data item of the evaluated data. The analytics application can further convert the at least one data item into evidence, receive a selection of the evidence applied to a hypothesis, and evaluate the hypothesis. The analytics application can also present an assessment that the hypothesis answers the question.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2018Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: RESILIENT COGNITIVE SOLUTIONS, LLCInventors: Joel P. Benedict, Caroline E. Christ, Paul E. Durbin, William C. Elm, Kathryn M. Kopren, Brian Mendicino, Brian A. Neal, Samantha S. Szymczak, Mark Westerlund, Jorge E. Zuniga, Elise M. Reeves
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Patent number: 11398161Abstract: Computer-implemented systems and methods are described herein for detecting unusually frequent exactly matching and nearly matching test responses. A plurality of test responses for each of a plurality of test takers is received. Evidence of a circulated key from the plurality of test responses is identified by detecting two or more test takers with exactly matching test responses for a plurality of questions. The strength of the evidence of the circulated key is analyzed by determining the probability that the two or more test takers would produce exactly matching test responses, wherein the strength of the evidence is inversely related to the probability. Test takers with nearly matching test responses to the circulated key are then identified. All test takers with exactly matching and nearly matching test responses are tagged for further investigation.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2019Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: Educational Testing ServiceInventors: Shelby J. Haberman, Yi-Hsuan Lee, Paul Papierman, Yuxing Zhou, Ruchi Subhedar
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Patent number: 11393357Abstract: Systems and methods are described to enact machine-based, simultaneous classification of emotional and cognitive states of an individual in substantially real time. A bootstrap approach is used to identify indicators of emotional state, including boredom, engagement and feeling overwhelmed, by finding additional interactions temporally adjacent to known indicators. A similar bootstrap approach is used to identify new indicators of knowledge acquisition (or confusion), by locating frequent temporally adjacent interactions. Systems and methods may enhance teaching by identifying knowledge presentations that result in successful knowledge acquisition, and learning by allowing instructors associated with an individual to track materials that have been understood (or misunderstood). Machine-based tracking of learning may circumvent boredom by avoiding needless repetition, and facilitate teaching of synergistic topics related to materials recently understood.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2021Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: Kinoo INC.Inventors: Nelson George Publicover, Lewis James Marggraff
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Patent number: 11386333Abstract: In an example, the present invention provides a meta data processing apparatus for processing sensor inputs and providing feedback to a user for an on-line course. The invention provides for storing the information on a public block chain using a plurality of servers.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2019Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: Amesite Inc.Inventor: Ann Marie Sastry
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Patent number: 11366956Abstract: An assessment system may present one or more string interaction problems to each of a plurality of students. Students may provide answers to string interaction problems in the form of string edits that, for example, identify deletions, additions, or revisions to a text string of each respective string interaction problem. The assessment system may normalize each string edit by converting each string edit into a student range edit. Each student range edit defines a replacement text string (which could be an empty text string) to be inserted within a range of reference locations relative to an original text string of the string interaction problem (which likewise could be an empty text string). An assessor may associate feedback objects with student range edits that match or, in some embodiments, are within a predetermined distance of an assessor-defined range edit.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2021Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: SparxTeq, Inc.Inventor: Dan Reed Olsen, Jr.
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Patent number: 11367530Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a universal platform for at-home health testing and diagnostics are provided herein. In particular, a health testing and diagnostic platform is provided to connect medical providers with patients and to generate a unique, private testing environment. In some embodiments, the testing environment may facilitate administration of a medical test to a patient with the guidance of a proctor. In some embodiments, the patient may be provided with step-by-step instructions for test administration by the proctor within a testing environment. The platform may display unique, dynamic testing interfaces to the patient and proctor to ensure proper testing protocols and accurate test result verification.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2022Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: EMED LABS, LLCInventors: Michael W. Ferro, Jr., Sam Miller, Marco Magistri, Colman Thomas Bryant, Adam Charles Carlson, Zachary Carl Nienstedt, Chris Ensey
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Patent number: 11321370Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method for generating a question answering robot, relates to the field of robotics. The specific implementation includes: obtaining field information input by a user, obtaining a field-specific robot from a robot library based on the field information; obtaining a template list corresponding to the field-specific robot, providing the template list to the user, the template list including a plurality of templates; receiving the plurality of templates filled in by the user, the templates filled in by the user including at least one question and an answer corresponding to the at least one question; expanding the at least one question filled in by the user based on a question semantic database to form a combination of questions corresponding to the answer, the answer and the combination of questions forming a question-answer pair; and generating a question answering robot based on the question-answer pair.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2020Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: BEIJIN BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Zhenyu Jiao, Shuqi Sun, Ke Sun, Tingting Li
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Patent number: 11288330Abstract: A question is analyzed to determine a set of categories, a category corresponding to a type of possible answers responsive to the question. A set of opinions is extracted from social media data. Each opinion is from a corresponding responder on a social media platform to which the question is sent. An opinion from the set of opinions is categorized into a category from the set of categories. A strength of the opinion is computed using a subset of a set of strength parameters. The opinion is ranked according to the strength of the opinion. The opinion, the strength, and the category are presented in a filterable presentation.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2019Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Susan M. Cox, Janani Janakiraman, Nadiya Kochura, Fang Lu
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Patent number: 11269364Abstract: A control management system includes a network of wirelessly connected control systems, such as thermostats. The control systems can actuate systems such as heating systems, cooling systems, ventilation systems, humidity control systems, and/or other types of controls. The control systems can adjust or maintain temperature, humidity, lighting, or other timer and control functions. In at least some embodiments, the control management system provides at least one adjustable calendar. In at least some embodiments, the aforementioned calendar is perpetual, repeating each time period unless instructed to do otherwise by the control management system. Examples of instructions otherwise can include operator specified exception days, where on specified dates, the control management system will override the calendar with a custom setting.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2017Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: Braeburn Systems LLCInventors: Glenn A. Moore, Daniel S. Poplawski
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Patent number: 11263913Abstract: Apparatuses, components, methods, and techniques for facilitating learning and managing an educational environment are provided. In an example, the system includes at least one processing device and at least one computer-readable storage device storing data instructions. The data instructions cause the at least one processing device to generate an online educational portal, the online educational portal including a student information system, a class scheduler engine and at least one of a presentation module, a searchable directory of curricular resources, and an analytics engine. The class scheduler engine is configured to generate class schedules. The presentation module operates to display information about various school entities. The analytics engine operates to evaluate relationships between activities users have engaged in and assessed skills of those users in various other activities.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2019Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: MIDAS EDUCATION, LLCInventor: Megan Colleen Harney
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Patent number: 11263589Abstract: According to embodiments of the present invention, a system is provided that will evaluate a candidate's experience (e.g., curriculum vitae (CV), resume, application, etc.) in view of job description requirements, and based on this combined information, will automatically generate a customized interview including questions tailored to each candidate related to his or her experience as described on the application and in view of the job description requirements.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2017Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Miguel J. Monasor, Moisés Domínguez García
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Patent number: 11265338Abstract: A computer-implemented method, computer program product and computing system including defining a training routine for a specific attack of a computing platform. A simulation of the specific attack may be generated by executing the training routine within a controlled test environment. A trainee may be allowed to view the simulation of the specific attack, wherein the trainee is an individual.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2019Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: RELIAQUEST HOLDINGS, LLCInventors: Brian P. Murphy, Joe Partlow, Colin O'Connor, Jason Pfeiffer
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Patent number: 11238752Abstract: A phonics learning system, comprising a letter identification board and letter manipulatives that may be placed on the letter identification board by a child, and a computing device connected to the letter identification board that identifies the letters placed on the board, generates a phonetic pronunciation for the combination of letters, and identifies any words or misspelled words.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2020Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: Learning Squared, Inc.Inventors: Andrew Butler, Tom Boeckle, Hector Javier Farias, F Brian Iannce, Carey Lee
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Patent number: 11205352Abstract: A computer implemented system and method for providing dynamic examination preparation course content to users wherein a progressive content module in real time assigns difficulty values to questions according to previous users' answer and selects future questions for an individual user according to previous answers received from the user and pass prediction values assigned to the user.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2019Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: TazKai, LLCInventors: Daniel Reeves Jones, Jonathan Weeks Haws
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Patent number: 11189283Abstract: In a device including a processor and a memory, the memory includes executable instructions that cause the processor to control the device to perform functions of receiving a user input to initiate a conversation session for generating an outline for a writing; generating a voice output asking a question regarding the writing; receiving a voice input from the user responding to the voice output; identifying, based on the received voice input, content of the voice input responding to the voice output; repeating, until a predetermined condition is met, the steps of generating the voice output, receiving the voice input, and identifying the content of the voice input, wherein the question asked via each voice output is generated in response to the content of the voice input responding to the preceding voice output; and generating, based on the content of the voice inputs, the outline for the writing.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2019Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Tracy ThuyDuyen Tran, Daniel Parish, Ajitesh Kishore, James Patrick Spotanski, Keri Diane Talbot, Kiruthika Selvamani
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Patent number: 11186289Abstract: The disclosure includes embodiments for concealing a distracting object. A method according to some embodiments includes analyzing environment data to identify a distracting object that is viewable by a driver, wherein the environment data is generated by a sensor set of a first vehicle and the environment data describes an environment including the first vehicle. The method includes determining a risk value of concealing the distracting object from the driver. The method includes responsive to the risk value failing to meet a threshold value, overlaying a concealing graphic on the distracting object while the first vehicle is being operated.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2018Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Inventors: Shinichi Shiraishi, Eric Kim, Takato Masuda
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Patent number: 11178152Abstract: Nextdate provides an online dating and game experience for all participants, including live streamers, contestants, and viewers. Nextdate offers advantages over both offline and online speed dating. In respect to offline speed dating, Nextdate is better in that it provides conversational prompts to the participants (the “star” and the contestant), as well as a “Love-o-meter” and audience comments that provide additional items and context to which the participants can respond. In respect to online speed dating, Nextdate includes features that remove the friction from traditional online dating experience and encourage user participation. Nextdate may be implemented as a standalone app or as a tab or feature of another video-centric social networking app.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2019Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: The Meet Group, Inc.Inventors: Geoffrey Cook, Anton Djamoos, David Weinstein, Omar Beiruty, Jeremy Zorn
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Patent number: 11157074Abstract: Educational content can be presented to a user via a display. Eye movement of the user while the user gazes at the educational content can be monitored. Based, at least in part, on the monitoring the eye movement of the user while the user gazes at the educational content, a time when to present assessment content to the user can be determined. The assessment content can be presented to the user at the determined time.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2017Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Danish Contractor, Kuntal Dey, Sreekanth L. Kakaraparthy, Seema Nagar
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Patent number: 11153084Abstract: A device or space existed in a physical space is registered in the form of a digital object in a virtual space, a digital twin service is provided through connection between an offline device or space and the digital object in the virtual space.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2020Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: Piamond Corp.Inventor: Doo Geon Hwang
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Patent number: 11151897Abstract: According to some embodiments, a speech-language pathology teaching system comprises a patient device and a teaching server. The patient device transmits a teaching target to the teaching server where the teaching target comprises speech production, articulation, language, or fluency. The teaching server to receive teaching target and implement a teaching program that displays a fisherman that catches a fish or a non-fish item. The non-fish item may be related to the teaching target.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2020Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Inventor: Lori Kleindienst
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Patent number: 11144971Abstract: A real-time customer survey system can be implemented by monitoring real-time and previous location data associated with a customer. The system can analyze the location data in accordance with customer preferences, customer social media profiles, and/or information that has been inferred by the system. The location data can be obtained in multiple forms including video, audio, wireless device communications, etc. The location data, in conjunction with customer preference data can be presented to the customer in the form of an avatar, an audio output, a video output, and/or haptic feedback.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2020Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLCInventor: Brian Dominguez
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Patent number: 11126923Abstract: Systems and methods for content aggregation creation are disclosed herein. The system can include memory having a content database and an aggregation database. The system can include a user device having a first network interface and a first I/O subsystem. The system can include a server that can: provide content to the user device via a first electrical signal; receive a selection of a portion of the provided content from the user device via a second electrical signal; automatically extract sentences from the selected portion of the provided content via a natural language processor; automatically generate a parse tree for one of the automatically extracted sentences; identify noun phrases from the part of speech tags within the parse tree; place content associated with one of the noun phrase in a content aggregation; and output the content aggregation to the user device.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2019Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: PEARSON EDUCATION, INC.Inventors: Sean York, Tim Stewart, David Strong, Brian Moriarty, Mark Potter, Angela McAllister
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Patent number: 11113616Abstract: Systems and methods for determining mastery in a Bayesian network are disclosed herein. The system can include memory including a content library database containing content for delivery to a user. The system can include at least one processor that can receive an assertion from a user device and identify one or several nodes relevant to the received assertion. The at least one processor can further evaluate the assertion and calculate a node mastery probability for the identified one or several relevant nodes. The at least one processor can calculate mastery of related nodes and determine mastery of an objective based on the mastery of the relevant nodes and the related nodes. The at least one processor can generate a mastery bar and update the mastery bar with the determined mastery of the objective.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2018Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: PEARSON EDUCATION, INC.Inventors: Mark Potter, Kimberly Runyon, Laura Pionek
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Patent number: 11093835Abstract: Methods, computer program products and systems for generating at least one factual question from a set of seed questions and answer pairs. One method includes: obtaining at least one seed question and answer pair from the set of seed question and answer pairs; extracting a set of features associated with the at least one seed question and answer pair using at least one common analysis system (CAS) in a set of CASs and a specific knowledge base; generating a set of candidate questions from the extracted set of features using a logistic regression algorithm and the specific knowledge base; and ranking each candidate question relative to a remainder of candidate questions in the set of candidate questions based on the extracted set of features and the at least one seed question and answer pair.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2016Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Aaron K. Baughman, Linda M. Boyer, Wesley T. Chuang, Meilan Ding, William R. Gee, Palani Sakthi
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Patent number: 11083954Abstract: A data collection and display system for use in a combat sport including: i. A trunk protector for a combat sport participant, the trunk protector including: a. protective padding, b. at least one impact sensor, c. at least one microprocessor integral with the protective padding, for collecting and analyzing data from the at least one impact sensor, d. at least one display area, integral with the trunk protector, for displaying information related to the combat sport and combat sport participant; and an energy based method for scoring combat sports.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2020Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: 2020 Armor, Inc.Inventors: William Kyle Sexton, Austin Thomas Jones, Ali Ghafour, Michael Todd Sexton
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Patent number: 11087129Abstract: A computer-implemented method, according to one embodiment, includes: sending one or more instructions to a web crawler to identify presentation videos on the internet and capture video data therefrom. In response, video data which corresponds to various presentation videos on the internet is received from the web crawler. The video data is used to define influence factors, such that different combinations of the influence factors represent different conditions of a presenter in the presentation videos. The video data is also used to define labels, where different combinations of the labels represent different conditions of one or more audience members in the presentation videos. Furthermore, structured data is generated by correlating certain presenter conditions with certain audience conditions, and the structured data is stored in memory.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2018Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Yicheng Feng, You Miao Zhang, Wei Xd Li, Ao Qiong Li, Shan Shan Zhao, Kun Peng Wang
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Patent number: 11049027Abstract: A method for providing a visual summary of a plurality of answers associated with a question entered into a natural language question answer system by a user is provided. The method may include receiving the entered question. The method may also include analyzing the entered question to determine a plurality of possible answers to the entered question. The method may further include compiling a set of answers based on the analysis of the entered question and the determined plurality of possible answers. The method may additionally include providing a characterization summary for the compiled set of answers, whereby the characterization summary includes an indication of the quality associated with each answer within the compiled set of answers.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2018Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Sean G. Jalleh, Amanda C. Maderic, Andrew Patrick Mankins, David L. Schwartz, Lila Title
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Patent number: 11044286Abstract: This application relates to the communications field, and discloses an information exchange method and a terminal. The method includes: determining target content in a current interface according to an operation instruction entered by a topic initiator for the current interface; determining a discussion topic title based on the target content, and setting up a topic discussion group; adding a topic participant to the topic discussion group based on the target content and/or the discussion topic title; and receiving discussion content entered by the topic initiator and/or the topic participant, and displaying the discussion content.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2019Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Shaolei Wang, Ren Li, Yuanfeng Chu
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Patent number: 11042482Abstract: The present invention encapsulates content and provides the encapsulated content to a use. A capsule stores identification information in structure information in a metadata unit thereof, and identification information such as URL and URN is stored therein. A capsule engine unit decodes the identification information. In the case of URL, the capsule engine unit directly obtains the entity of data or programs constituting the content from a server, which is an external storage. In the case of URN, the capsule engine unit inquires URL to a dictionary server such as a metadata repository, and obtains the URL from the server. Therefore, it is not necessary to install the entity of data or programs in a data cache unit, and it is possible to easily deliver and distribute the capsule.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2019Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION CYBER CAMPUS CONSORTIUM TIESInventor: Masumi Hori
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Patent number: 11031112Abstract: The disclosed technology addresses the need in the art for an enhanced communication system for emergency departments. A system is configured to receive, from an emergency department device, registration information for a patient device, generate a unique identifier associated with the registration information, and provide the unique identifier to the emergency department device. The system is further configured to receive, from the patient device, a communication including the unique identifier and contact information and store, based on the communication, an entry for the patient device in a device database, wherein the entry for the patient device comprises the registration information and the contact information.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2019Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: CurielHealth, Inc.Inventor: Carrie D. Mendoza