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Learning system and method based on review
Assignee: IpLearn LLC
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Filing: 1996-07-02
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Granted: 1999-01-26
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Expires: 2016-07-02
Abstract
Abstract A system and method to provide dynamic reviews for individual students. In one embodiment for a student, the system selects an un-learnt line-item, and generates detailed learning materials for the un-learnt line-item. Then the system selects a learnt line-item based on one or more learnt-line-item-selection rules, and generates summarized-learning materials on the selected learnt line-item for the student to review. The summarized-learning materials include study-plans. The detailed learning materials may include questions, in addition to study-plans. For an un-learnt line-item, after presenting the generated learning materials to the student, the present invention assesses the student's understanding in the line-item. If the assessment is satisfactory, the un-learnt line-item is re-classified as a learnt line-item. In another embodiment, the present invention accesses a line-item probability value, which is used to select a line-item. If the line-item is an un-learnt line-item, the invention generates detailed learning materials for the student; and if the student is successful in learning the materials, the invention re-classifies the line-item to a learnt line-item. If the line-item is a learnt line-item, which is selected based on one or more learnt-line-item-selection rules, the invention generates summarized learning materials for the student. The invention then repeats and selects another line-item.
Inventors
- 👤 Chi Fai Ho
- 👤 Peter P. Tong
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 21:24
CPC Classifications
G; G09; G09B; G09B5/00; G09B5/08; G09B5/14; G09B7/00; G09B7/02; G09B7/04
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 29
Claim 1
Independent Claim
124 words
A computer-aided educational method to reinforce a student's learning of a subject through reviews, the subject including a number of line-items, with at least one being a learnt line-item, and with the line-items being stored in a line-item storage-medium, the method comprising the steps of: selecting a learnt line-item from the line-item storage-medium based on one or more learnt-line-item-selection rules; and generating summarized-learning materials on the learnt line-item for the student; such that: a learnt line-item is a line-item that the student has achieved a preset level in learning that line-item; and although the student has learnt a line-item, learning materials on the line-item might still be selectively generated for the student so as to reinforce the student's learning of the subject through reviews.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
124 words
A computer-aided educational method to reinforce a student's learning of a subject through reviews, the subject including a number of line-items, with at least one being a learnt line-item, and with the line-items being stored in a line-item storage-medium, the method comprising the steps of: selecting a learnt line-item from the line-item storage-medium based on one or more learnt-line-item-selection rules; and generating summarized-learning materials on the learnt line-item for the student; such that: a learnt line-item is a line-item that the student has achieved a preset level in learning that line-item; and although the student has learnt a line-item, learning materials on the line-item might still be selectively generated for the student so as to reinforce the student's learning of the subject through reviews.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
59 words
A computer-aided educational method as recited in claim 1 wherein: the subject includes at least one un-learnt line-item, which is a line-item that the student has not achieved the preset level in learning that line-item; and the method further comprises the step of selecting an un-learnt line-item from the line-item storage-medium before the step of selecting a learnt line-item.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
36 words
A computer-aided educational method as recited in claim 2 wherein the step of selecting a learnt line-item depends on the time elapsed from the time when the student has achieved the preset level for that line-item.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
61 words
A computer-aided educational method as recited in claim 3 wherein each line-item has a weight; the weight of each learnt line-item is a function of the time elapsed from the time the student achieved the preset level for that line-item; and the step of selecting a learnt line-item depends on the weight, which de-emphasizes the line-item the student has just learnt.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
80 words
A computer-aided educational method as recited in claim 2 wherein: each line-item has a difficulty level; each line-item has a weight; the weight of each learnt line-item is a function of the time elapsed from the time the student achieved the preset level for that line-item; and the step of selecting a line-item depends on the weight, which de-emphasizes line-items learnt more than a fixed period ago because presumably the student has progressed to have learnt even more difficult line-items.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
30 words
A computer-aided educational method as recited in claim 2 wherein the step of selecting a learnt line-item depends on the level achieved by the student in learning that learnt line-item.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
66 words
A computer-aided educational method as recited in claim 6 wherein each line-item has a weight; the weight of each learnt line-item is a function of the level achieved by the student in learning that line-item; and the step of selecting a learnt line-item depends on its weight, which emphasizes on reinforcing a student's learning of a learnt line-item whose weight is lower than other learnt line-items.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
32 words
A computer-aided educational method as recited in claim 2 wherein each line-item has a difficulty level; and the step of selecting a learnt line-item depends on the difficulty level of the line-items.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
47 words
A computer-aided educational method as recited in claim 8 wherein: each line-item has a weight; the weight of each learnt line-item is a function of its difficulty level; and the step of selecting a learnt line-item depends on the weight, which emphasizes on selecting more difficult line-items.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
42 words
A computer-aided educational method as recited in claim 2 wherein the step of selecting a learnt line-item depends on whether the learnt line-item is related to the selected un-learnt line-item so as to reinforce the student's learning of the subject through association.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
40 words
A computer-aided educational method as recited in claim 2 wherein the step of selecting a learnt line-item depends on whether that learnt line-item has been selected before so as to discourage selecting a learnt line-item that has been selected before.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
35 words
A computer-aided educational method as recited in claim 2 wherein the step of generating a summarized-learning material comprising the steps of: generating a summarized study-plan for the line-item; and presenting the study-plan to the student.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
30 words
A computer-aided educational method as recited in claim 2 further comprising the step of generating detailed learning-materials for the selected un-learnt line-item before the step of selecting a learnt line-item.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
33 words
A computer-aided educational method as recited in claim 2 further comprising the step of generating detailed learning-materials for the selected un-learnt line-item after the step of generating summarized-learning materials on the learnt line-item.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
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A computer-aided educational method as recited in claim 14 wherein the step of selecting a learnt line-item depends on whether the learnt line-item is related to the selected un-learnt line-item so as to reinforce the student's learning of the subject through association.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
35 words
A computer-aided educational method as recited in claim 14 wherein the step of generating detailed-learning materials comprising the steps of: generating a detailed study-plan for the line-item; and presenting the detailed study-plan to the student.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
61 words
A computer-aided educational method as recited in claim 16 wherein after the step of presenting the detailed-study-plan to the student, the method further comprises the steps of: generating questions on the line-item for the student; presenting the questions for the student; and assessing the student's answers to those questions to determine the level achieved by the student in learning that line-item.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
194 words
A computer-aided educational method to reinforce a student's learning of a subject through reviews, the subject being divided into un-learnt and learnt line-items, with the learnt line-items being those the student has achieved a preset level in learning that line-item, the un-learnt line-items being those the student has not achieved the preset level in learning that line-item, and with the line-items being stored in a line-item storage-medium, the method comprising the steps of: accessing a line-item probability value; selecting either a learnt or an un-learnt line-item from the line-item storage-medium based on the line-item probability value; if a learnt line-item is selected, then generating summarized-learning materials for the learnt line-item; if an un-learnt line-item is selected, then generating detailed learning-material for the un-learnt line-item, and if the student has achieved a preset level in learning that line-item, then re-classifying the un-learnt line-item as a learnt line-item; and repeating from the step of selecting either a learnt or an un-learnt line-item; such that although the student has learnt a line-item, learning materials on the line-item might still be selectively generated for the student so as to reinforce the student's learning of the subject through reviews.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
194 words
A computer-aided educational method to reinforce a student's learning of a subject through reviews, the subject being divided into un-learnt and learnt line-items, with the learnt line-items being those the student has achieved a preset level in learning that line-item, the un-learnt line-items being those the student has not achieved the preset level in learning that line-item, and with the line-items being stored in a line-item storage-medium, the method comprising the steps of: accessing a line-item probability value; selecting either a learnt or an un-learnt line-item from the line-item storage-medium based on the line-item probability value; if a learnt line-item is selected, then generating summarized-learning materials for the learnt line-item; if an un-learnt line-item is selected, then generating detailed learning-material for the un-learnt line-item, and if the student has achieved a preset level in learning that line-item, then re-classifying the un-learnt line-item as a learnt line-item; and repeating from the step of selecting either a learnt or an un-learnt line-item; such that although the student has learnt a line-item, learning materials on the line-item might still be selectively generated for the student so as to reinforce the student's learning of the subject through reviews.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
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A computer-aided educational method as recited in claim 18 wherein the learnt line-item is selected based on one or more learnt-line-item selection rules.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
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A computer-aided educational method as recited in claim 19 wherein: each line-item has a difficulty level; and the step of selecting a learnt line-item depends on: the level achieved by the student in learning that line-item, and the difficulty level of that line-item.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
31 words
A computer-aided educational method as recited in claim 19 further comprising the step of selecting an un-learnt line-item from the line-item storage-medium before the step of accessing a line-item probability value.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
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A computer-aided educational method as recited in claim 21 wherein: each line-item has a difficulty level; and the step of selecting a learnt line-item depends on: the level achieved by the student in learning that line-item, the difficulty level of that line-item, the time elapsed from the time when the student has achieved the preset level for that line-item, and whether the learnt line-item is related to the un-learnt line-item just selected.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
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A computer-aided educational method as recited in claim 19 wherein: the step of generating summarized learning-material for the learnt line-item comprises the steps of: generating a summarized study-plan for the learnt line-item; and presenting the summarized study-plan to the student; and the step of generating detailed learning-material for the un-learnt line-item comprises the steps of: generating a detailed-study plan for the un-learnt line-item; presenting the detailed-study-plan to the student; generating questions on the un-learnt line-item for the student; presenting the questions for the student; and assessing the student's answers to those questions to determine the level achieved by the student in learning the un-learnt line-item.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
176 words
A computer-aided educational apparatus to reinforce a student's learning of a subject through reviews, the subject including a number of line-items, with at least one being a learnt line-item, and with the line-items being stored in a line-item storage-medium, the apparatus comprising: a storage-medium for storing the line-items; a rule-storage medium for storing one or more learnt-line-item-selection rules; a selector coupled to the storage-medium and the rule-storage medium for selecting a line-item based on at least one of the line-item selection-rules; and a learning-material generator for generating learning materials on the selected line-item for the student; such that: a learnt line-item is a line-item that the student has achieved a preset level in learning that line-item; the selector based on one or more of the learnt-line-item-selection rules at least selects one learnt line-item for the generator to generate summarized learning-materials for the student; and although the student has learnt a line-item, learning material on the line-item might still be selectively generated for the student so as to reinforce the student's learning of the subject through reviews.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
176 words
A computer-aided educational apparatus to reinforce a student's learning of a subject through reviews, the subject including a number of line-items, with at least one being a learnt line-item, and with the line-items being stored in a line-item storage-medium, the apparatus comprising: a storage-medium for storing the line-items; a rule-storage medium for storing one or more learnt-line-item-selection rules; a selector coupled to the storage-medium and the rule-storage medium for selecting a line-item based on at least one of the line-item selection-rules; and a learning-material generator for generating learning materials on the selected line-item for the student; such that: a learnt line-item is a line-item that the student has achieved a preset level in learning that line-item; the selector based on one or more of the learnt-line-item-selection rules at least selects one learnt line-item for the generator to generate summarized learning-materials for the student; and although the student has learnt a line-item, learning material on the line-item might still be selectively generated for the student so as to reinforce the student's learning of the subject through reviews.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
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A computer-aided educational apparatus as recited in claim 24 wherein: the subject includes at least one un-learnt line-item, which is a line-item that the student has not achieved the preset level in learning that line-item; and the selector at least selects one un-learnt line-item for the generator to generate detailed learning-materials for the student.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
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A computer-aided educational apparatus as recited in claim 25 wherein the learning-material generator further comprises: a study-plan generator for generating study-plans; a presenter for presenting to the student; a question generator for generating questions; and an assessor for assessing the student's answers to questions.
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