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Computer-aided learning system and method
Assignee: IpLearn LLC
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Filing: 1998-03-10
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Granted: 2000-10-31
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Expires: 2018-03-10
Abstract
Abstract A computer-aided learning method and apparatus based on a super-recommendation generator, which is configured to assess a user's or a student's understanding in a subject, reward the user who has reached one or more milestones in the subject, further the user's understanding in the subject through relationship learning, reinforce the user's understanding in the subject through reviews, and restrict the user from enjoying entertainment materials under certain condition, with the entertainment materials requiring a device to fulfill its entertainment purpose. The generator does not have to be configured to perform all of the above functions.
Inventors
- 👤 Chi Fai Ho
- 👤 Peter P. Tong
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 22:50
CPC Classifications
G; G09; G09B; G09B7/00; G09B7/02; G06; G06F; G06F21/00; G09B5/00; G09B5/06; G09B5/065; G09B5/08; G09B5/14; G09B7/04
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 38
Claim 1
Independent Claim
208 words
A computer-aided learning method that assesses a user's understanding in a subject through testing the user, rewards the user who has reached one or more milestones in the subject, furthers the user's understanding in the subject through relationship learning, reinforces the user's understanding in the subject through reviews, and restricts the user from enjoying entertainment materials under certain condition, with the entertainment materials requiring a device to fulfill its entertainment purpose, with the subject divided into items, including one or more relationship-items, with each relationship-item relating two or more items, and with the items including learnt and un-learnt items, the method comprising the steps of: analyzing the user's prior-to-the-latest and the latest test results to assess the user's understanding in the subject, and to determine whether the user has reached a milestone; determining a reward for the user that has reached a milestone, with the reward depending on the user's preference; identifying a relationship-item to be learnt, with the identified relationship-item relating an item and a learnt item; selecting a learnt item to be reviewed; and modifying an access filter to restrict coupling between the device and the entertainment materials, with the restriction removed to allow coupling between the device and the entertainment materials under a predetermined condition.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
208 words
A computer-aided learning method that assesses a user's understanding in a subject through testing the user, rewards the user who has reached one or more milestones in the subject, furthers the user's understanding in the subject through relationship learning, reinforces the user's understanding in the subject through reviews, and restricts the user from enjoying entertainment materials under certain condition, with the entertainment materials requiring a device to fulfill its entertainment purpose, with the subject divided into items, including one or more relationship-items, with each relationship-item relating two or more items, and with the items including learnt and un-learnt items, the method comprising the steps of: analyzing the user's prior-to-the-latest and the latest test results to assess the user's understanding in the subject, and to determine whether the user has reached a milestone; determining a reward for the user that has reached a milestone, with the reward depending on the user's preference; identifying a relationship-item to be learnt, with the identified relationship-item relating an item and a learnt item; selecting a learnt item to be reviewed; and modifying an access filter to restrict coupling between the device and the entertainment materials, with the restriction removed to allow coupling between the device and the entertainment materials under a predetermined condition.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
154 words
A computer-aided learning method that assesses a user's understanding in a subject through testing the user, rewards the user who has reached one or more milestones in the subject, furthers the user's understanding in the subject through relationship learning, and reinforces the user's understanding in the subject through reviews, with the subject divided into items, including one or more relationship-items, with each relationship-item relating two or more items, and with the items including learnt and un-learnt items, the method comprising the steps of: analyzing the user's prior-to-the-latest and the latest test results to assess the user's understanding in the subject, and to determine whether the user has reached a milestone; determining a reward for the user that has reached a milestone, with the reward depending on the user's preference; identifying a relationship-item to be learnt, with the identified relationship-item relating an item and a learnt item; and selecting a learnt item to be reviewed.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
154 words
A computer-aided learning method that assesses a user's understanding in a subject through testing the user, rewards the user who has reached one or more milestones in the subject, furthers the user's understanding in the subject through relationship learning, and reinforces the user's understanding in the subject through reviews, with the subject divided into items, including one or more relationship-items, with each relationship-item relating two or more items, and with the items including learnt and un-learnt items, the method comprising the steps of: analyzing the user's prior-to-the-latest and the latest test results to assess the user's understanding in the subject, and to determine whether the user has reached a milestone; determining a reward for the user that has reached a milestone, with the reward depending on the user's preference; identifying a relationship-item to be learnt, with the identified relationship-item relating an item and a learnt item; and selecting a learnt item to be reviewed.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
112 words
A computer-aided learning method that assesses a user's understanding in a subject through testing the user, furthers the user's understanding in the subject through relationship learning, and reinforces the user's understanding in the subject through reviews, with the subject divided into items, including one or more relationship-items, with each relationship-item relating two or more items, and with the items including learnt and un-learnt items, the method comprising the steps of: analyzing the user's prior-to-the-latest and the latest test results to assess the user's understanding in the subject; identifying a relationship-item to be learnt, with the identified relationship-item relating an item and a learnt item; and selecting a learnt item to be reviewed.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
112 words
A computer-aided learning method that assesses a user's understanding in a subject through testing the user, furthers the user's understanding in the subject through relationship learning, and reinforces the user's understanding in the subject through reviews, with the subject divided into items, including one or more relationship-items, with each relationship-item relating two or more items, and with the items including learnt and un-learnt items, the method comprising the steps of: analyzing the user's prior-to-the-latest and the latest test results to assess the user's understanding in the subject; identifying a relationship-item to be learnt, with the identified relationship-item relating an item and a learnt item; and selecting a learnt item to be reviewed.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
84 words
A computer-aided learning method that furthers the user's understanding in the subject through relationship learning, and reinforces the user's understanding in the subject through reviews, with the subject divided into items, including one or more relationship-items, with each relationship-item relating two or more items, and with the items including learnt and un-learnt items, the method comprising the steps of: identifying a relationship-item to be learnt, with the identified relationship-item relating an item and a learnt item; and selecting a learnt item to be reviewed.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
84 words
A computer-aided learning method that furthers the user's understanding in the subject through relationship learning, and reinforces the user's understanding in the subject through reviews, with the subject divided into items, including one or more relationship-items, with each relationship-item relating two or more items, and with the items including learnt and un-learnt items, the method comprising the steps of: identifying a relationship-item to be learnt, with the identified relationship-item relating an item and a learnt item; and selecting a learnt item to be reviewed.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
83 words
A computer-aided learning method that assesses a user's understanding in a subject through testing the user, and rewards the user who has reached one or more milestones in the subject, the method comprising the steps of: analyzing the user's prior-to-the-latest and the latest test results to assess the user's understanding in the subject, and to determine whether the user has reached a milestone; and determining a reward for the user that has reached a milestone, with the reward depending on the user's preference.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
83 words
A computer-aided learning method that assesses a user's understanding in a subject through testing the user, and rewards the user who has reached one or more milestones in the subject, the method comprising the steps of: analyzing the user's prior-to-the-latest and the latest test results to assess the user's understanding in the subject, and to determine whether the user has reached a milestone; and determining a reward for the user that has reached a milestone, with the reward depending on the user's preference.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
107 words
A computer-aided learning method that rewards the user who has reached one or more milestones in the subject, and restricts the user from enjoying entertainment materials under certain condition, with the entertainment materials requiring a device to fulfill its entertainment purpose, the method comprising the steps of: determining whether the user has reached a milestone; determining a reward for the user that has reached a milestone, with the reward depending on the user's preference; and modifying an access filter to restrict coupling between the device and the entertainment materials, with the restriction removed to allow coupling between the device and the entertainment materials under a predetermined condition.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
107 words
A computer-aided learning method that rewards the user who has reached one or more milestones in the subject, and restricts the user from enjoying entertainment materials under certain condition, with the entertainment materials requiring a device to fulfill its entertainment purpose, the method comprising the steps of: determining whether the user has reached a milestone; determining a reward for the user that has reached a milestone, with the reward depending on the user's preference; and modifying an access filter to restrict coupling between the device and the entertainment materials, with the restriction removed to allow coupling between the device and the entertainment materials under a predetermined condition.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
210 words
A computer-aided learning system that assesses a user's understanding in a subject through testing the user, rewards the user who has reached one or more milestones in the subject, furthers the user's understanding in the subject through relationship learning, reinforces the user's understanding in the subject through reviews, and restricts the user from enjoying entertainment materials under certain condition, with the entertainment materials requiring a device to fulfill its entertainment purpose, with the subject divided into items, including one or more relationship-items, with each relationship-item relating two or more items, and with the items including learnt and un-learnt items, the system comprising a super-recommendation generator configured to: analyze the user's prior-to-the-latest and the latest test results to assess the user's understanding in the subject, and to determine whether the user has reached a milestone; determine a reward for the user that has reached a milestone, with the reward depending on the user's preference; identify a relationship-item to be learnt, with the identified relationship-item relating an item and a learnt item; select a learnt item to be reviewed; and modify an access filter to restrict coupling between the device and the entertainment materials, with the restriction removed to allow coupling between the device and the entertainment materials under a predetermined condition.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
210 words
A computer-aided learning system that assesses a user's understanding in a subject through testing the user, rewards the user who has reached one or more milestones in the subject, furthers the user's understanding in the subject through relationship learning, reinforces the user's understanding in the subject through reviews, and restricts the user from enjoying entertainment materials under certain condition, with the entertainment materials requiring a device to fulfill its entertainment purpose, with the subject divided into items, including one or more relationship-items, with each relationship-item relating two or more items, and with the items including learnt and un-learnt items, the system comprising a super-recommendation generator configured to: analyze the user's prior-to-the-latest and the latest test results to assess the user's understanding in the subject, and to determine whether the user has reached a milestone; determine a reward for the user that has reached a milestone, with the reward depending on the user's preference; identify a relationship-item to be learnt, with the identified relationship-item relating an item and a learnt item; select a learnt item to be reviewed; and modify an access filter to restrict coupling between the device and the entertainment materials, with the restriction removed to allow coupling between the device and the entertainment materials under a predetermined condition.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
156 words
A computer-aided learning system that assesses a user's understanding in a subject through testing the user, rewards the user who has reached one or more milestones in the subject, furthers the user's understanding in the subject through relationship learning, and reinforces the user's understanding in the subject through reviews, with the subject divided into items, including one or more relationship-items, with each relationship-item relating two or more items, and with the items including learnt and un-learnt items, the system comprising a super-recommendation generator configured to: analyze the user's prior-to-the-latest and the latest test results to assess the user's understanding in the subject, and to determine whether the user has reached a milestone; determine a reward for the user that has reached a milestone, with the reward depending on the user's preference; identify a relationship-item to be learnt, with the identified relationship-item relating an item and a learnt item; and select a learnt item to be reviewed.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
156 words
A computer-aided learning system that assesses a user's understanding in a subject through testing the user, rewards the user who has reached one or more milestones in the subject, furthers the user's understanding in the subject through relationship learning, and reinforces the user's understanding in the subject through reviews, with the subject divided into items, including one or more relationship-items, with each relationship-item relating two or more items, and with the items including learnt and un-learnt items, the system comprising a super-recommendation generator configured to: analyze the user's prior-to-the-latest and the latest test results to assess the user's understanding in the subject, and to determine whether the user has reached a milestone; determine a reward for the user that has reached a milestone, with the reward depending on the user's preference; identify a relationship-item to be learnt, with the identified relationship-item relating an item and a learnt item; and select a learnt item to be reviewed.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
114 words
A computer-aided learning system that assesses a user's understanding in a subject through testing the user, furthers the user's understanding in the subject through relationship learning, and reinforces the user's understanding in the subject through reviews, with the subject divided into items, including one or more relationship-items, with each relationship-item relating two or more items, and with the items including learnt and un-learnt items, the system comprising a super-recommendation generator configured to: analyze the user's prior-to-the-latest and the latest test results to assess the user's understanding in the subject; identify a relationship-item to be learnt, with the identified relationship-item relating an item and a learnt item; and select a learnt item to be reviewed.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
114 words
A computer-aided learning system that assesses a user's understanding in a subject through testing the user, furthers the user's understanding in the subject through relationship learning, and reinforces the user's understanding in the subject through reviews, with the subject divided into items, including one or more relationship-items, with each relationship-item relating two or more items, and with the items including learnt and un-learnt items, the system comprising a super-recommendation generator configured to: analyze the user's prior-to-the-latest and the latest test results to assess the user's understanding in the subject; identify a relationship-item to be learnt, with the identified relationship-item relating an item and a learnt item; and select a learnt item to be reviewed.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
86 words
A computer-aided learning system that furthers the user's understanding in the subject through relationship learning, and reinforces the user's understanding in the subject through reviews, with the subject divided into items, including one or more relationship-items, with each relationship-item relating two or more items, and with the items including learnt and un-learnt items, the system comprising a super-recommendation generator configured to: identify a relationship-item to be learnt, with the identified relationship-item relating an item and a learnt item; and select a learnt item to be reviewed.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
86 words
A computer-aided learning system that furthers the user's understanding in the subject through relationship learning, and reinforces the user's understanding in the subject through reviews, with the subject divided into items, including one or more relationship-items, with each relationship-item relating two or more items, and with the items including learnt and un-learnt items, the system comprising a super-recommendation generator configured to: identify a relationship-item to be learnt, with the identified relationship-item relating an item and a learnt item; and select a learnt item to be reviewed.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
85 words
A computer-aided learning system that assesses a user's understanding in a subject through testing the user, and rewards the user who has reached one or more milestones in the subject, the system comprising a super-recommendation generator configured to: analyze the user's prior-to-the-latest and the latest test results to assess the user's understanding in the subject, and to determine whether the user has reached a milestone; and determine a reward for the user that has reached a milestone, with the reward depending on the user's preference.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
85 words
A computer-aided learning system that assesses a user's understanding in a subject through testing the user, and rewards the user who has reached one or more milestones in the subject, the system comprising a super-recommendation generator configured to: analyze the user's prior-to-the-latest and the latest test results to assess the user's understanding in the subject, and to determine whether the user has reached a milestone; and determine a reward for the user that has reached a milestone, with the reward depending on the user's preference.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
109 words
A computer-aided learning system that rewards the user who has reached one or more milestones in the subject, and restricts the user from enjoying entertainment materials under certain condition, with the entertainment materials requiring a device to fulfill its entertainment purpose, the system comprising a super-recommendation generator configured to: determine whether the user has reached a milestone; determine a reward for the user that has reached a milestone, with the reward depending on the user's preference; and modify an access filter to restrict coupling between the device and the entertainment materials, with the restriction removed to allow coupling between the device and the entertainment materials under a predetermined condition.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
109 words
A computer-aided learning system that rewards the user who has reached one or more milestones in the subject, and restricts the user from enjoying entertainment materials under certain condition, with the entertainment materials requiring a device to fulfill its entertainment purpose, the system comprising a super-recommendation generator configured to: determine whether the user has reached a milestone; determine a reward for the user that has reached a milestone, with the reward depending on the user's preference; and modify an access filter to restrict coupling between the device and the entertainment materials, with the restriction removed to allow coupling between the device and the entertainment materials under a predetermined condition.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
159 words
A computer-aided learning method for assessing a user's understanding in a subject through testing the user, furthering the user's understanding in the subject through relationship learning, and reinforcing the user's understanding in the subject through reviews, with the subject divided into items, including one or more relationship-items, with each relationship-item relating two or more items, and with the items including learnt and un-learnt items, the method comprising the steps of: presenting, by a first computer, a report on the assessment of the user's understanding in the subject, based on analyzing the user's prior-to-the-latest and the latest test results by another computer; presenting, by the first computer, materials on a relationship-item to be learnt after the relationship-item has been identified by the other computer, with the identified relationship-item relating an item and a learnt item; and presenting, by the first computer, materials on a learnt item to be reviewed after the learnt item has been selected by the other computer.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
159 words
A computer-aided learning method for assessing a user's understanding in a subject through testing the user, furthering the user's understanding in the subject through relationship learning, and reinforcing the user's understanding in the subject through reviews, with the subject divided into items, including one or more relationship-items, with each relationship-item relating two or more items, and with the items including learnt and un-learnt items, the method comprising the steps of: presenting, by a first computer, a report on the assessment of the user's understanding in the subject, based on analyzing the user's prior-to-the-latest and the latest test results by another computer; presenting, by the first computer, materials on a relationship-item to be learnt after the relationship-item has been identified by the other computer, with the identified relationship-item relating an item and a learnt item; and presenting, by the first computer, materials on a learnt item to be reviewed after the learnt item has been selected by the other computer.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
116 words
A computer-aided learning method for furthering a user's understanding in the subject through relationship learning, and reinforcing the user's understanding in the subject through reviews, with the subject divided into items, including one or more relationship-items, with each relationship-item relating two or more items, and with the items including learnt and un-learnt items, the method comprising the steps of: presenting, by a first computer, materials on a relationship-item to be learnt after the relationship-item has been identified by another computer, with the identified relationship-item relating an item and a learnt item; and presenting, by the first computer, materials on a learnt item to be reviewed after the learnt item has been selected by the other computer.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
116 words
A computer-aided learning method for furthering a user's understanding in the subject through relationship learning, and reinforcing the user's understanding in the subject through reviews, with the subject divided into items, including one or more relationship-items, with each relationship-item relating two or more items, and with the items including learnt and un-learnt items, the method comprising the steps of: presenting, by a first computer, materials on a relationship-item to be learnt after the relationship-item has been identified by another computer, with the identified relationship-item relating an item and a learnt item; and presenting, by the first computer, materials on a learnt item to be reviewed after the learnt item has been selected by the other computer.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
111 words
A computer-aided learning method for assessing a user's understanding in a subject through testing the user, and rewarding the user who has reached one or more milestones in the subject, the method comprising the steps of: presenting, by a first computer, a report on the assessment of the user's understanding in the subject, based on analyzing the user's prior-to-the-latest and the latest test results by another computer; and presenting, by the first computer, information related to a reward for the user that has reached a milestone, based on determining the reward, and determining the user having reached the milestone by the other computer, with the reward depending on the user's preference.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
111 words
A computer-aided learning method for assessing a user's understanding in a subject through testing the user, and rewarding the user who has reached one or more milestones in the subject, the method comprising the steps of: presenting, by a first computer, a report on the assessment of the user's understanding in the subject, based on analyzing the user's prior-to-the-latest and the latest test results by another computer; and presenting, by the first computer, information related to a reward for the user that has reached a milestone, based on determining the reward, and determining the user having reached the milestone by the other computer, with the reward depending on the user's preference.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
121 words
A computer-aided learning method for rewarding the user who has reached one or more milestones in the subject, and restricting the user from enjoying entertainment materials under certain condition, with the entertainment materials requiring a device to fulfill its entertainment purpose, the method comprising the steps of: presenting, by a computer, information related to a reward for the user that has reached a milestone, based on determining the reward, and determining the user having reached the milestone by another computer, with the reward depending on the user's preference; and modifying an access filter to restrict coupling between the device and the entertainment materials, with the restriction removed to allow coupling between the device and the entertainment materials under a predetermined condition.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
121 words
A computer-aided learning method for rewarding the user who has reached one or more milestones in the subject, and restricting the user from enjoying entertainment materials under certain condition, with the entertainment materials requiring a device to fulfill its entertainment purpose, the method comprising the steps of: presenting, by a computer, information related to a reward for the user that has reached a milestone, based on determining the reward, and determining the user having reached the milestone by another computer, with the reward depending on the user's preference; and modifying an access filter to restrict coupling between the device and the entertainment materials, with the restriction removed to allow coupling between the device and the entertainment materials under a predetermined condition.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
93 words
A computer-aided learning method for reinforcing a user's understanding in a subject through reviews, with the subject divided into items, including learnt items and un-learnt items, the method comprising the step of: presenting, by a first computer, summarized materials on a learnt item to be reviewed after the item has been selected and materials generated by another computer; such that although the user has previously learnt an item, that learnt item still might be selected with materials generated for the user so as to reinforce the user's understanding in the subject through reviews.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
93 words
A computer-aided learning method for reinforcing a user's understanding in a subject through reviews, with the subject divided into items, including learnt items and un-learnt items, the method comprising the step of: presenting, by a first computer, summarized materials on a learnt item to be reviewed after the item has been selected and materials generated by another computer; such that although the user has previously learnt an item, that learnt item still might be selected with materials generated for the user so as to reinforce the user's understanding in the subject through reviews.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
77 words
A computer-aided learning method for rewarding a student who has reached a milestone in a subject, which is divided into items, the method comprising the step of: presenting, by a computer, information related to a reward for the user that has reached a milestone, based on determining the reward, and determining the user having reached the milestone by another computer, with the reward depending on the user's individual preference specifically tailored to the interest of the user.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
77 words
A computer-aided learning method for rewarding a student who has reached a milestone in a subject, which is divided into items, the method comprising the step of: presenting, by a computer, information related to a reward for the user that has reached a milestone, based on determining the reward, and determining the user having reached the milestone by another computer, with the reward depending on the user's individual preference specifically tailored to the interest of the user.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
67 words
A computer-aided learning method for assessing a user's understanding in a subject through testing the user, the method comprising the step of: presenting, by a computer, a report on the assessment of the user's understanding in the subject, based on analyzing the user's prior-to-the-latest and the latest test results by another computer, with a reward for the user determined wherein the reward depends on the user's preference.
Claim 38
Dependent Claim
67 words
A computer-aided learning method for assessing a user's understanding in a subject through testing the user, the method comprising the step of: presenting, by a computer, a report on the assessment of the user's understanding in the subject, based on analyzing the user's prior-to-the-latest and the latest test results by another computer, with a reward for the user determined wherein the reward depends on the user's preference.
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