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Conditioning transmission of electronic communications encoding examination response data based on an assessment of a network connection

AssigneePearson Education, Inc.

InventorsBrendan Kealey, Paul Arens, Adam Krapfl, Paul Grudnitski, Robbie Allen Nielsen, James Setaro, Jason Sobanski

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Abstract

Embodiments relate to systems and methods for electronically conditioning transmission of communications based on results of a connection assessment. An electronic file is executed at an electronic device, which causes a first query and a second query to be presented. A first query response and a second query response are identified. The first query response is stored in a locked configuration that inhibits the ability to modify the first query response to the first query. The second query response is stored but is not stored in the locked configuration. Query response data is generated that includes an identifier of the second query, an identifier of the second query response and an identifier of the electronic device. A connection variable is determined by assessing one or more network connections available to the electronic device. When a transmission condition is satisfied, the query response data is transmitted to another device.

Claims17

Dependent claims

A system comprising:

a database coupled to a network and storing:
a plurality of examination questions;
a plurality of user profiles, each comprising a student identifier or a device identifier for a client device operated by a student associated with the student identifier;
and
at least one threshold;
a server comprising a computing device coupled to the network and comprising at least one processor executing instructions within a memory which, when executed, cause the system to:
transmit a question in the plurality of questions to the client device for display on a graphical user interface (GUI);
receive, in response to the question, a response from the client device comprising a user input into the GUI;
identify, from an assessment of at least one connection between the network and the client device, at least one connection variable indicating a number of available networks;
responsive to the at least one connection variable meeting or exceeding the at least one threshold:
receive, from the client device, the response;
and
transmit the response to at least one additional computing device;
and
responsive to the at least one connection variable not meeting or exceeding the at least one threshold:
delay a transmission of the response;
store the response;
and
transmit the response to the at least one additional computing device subsequent to the delay.

16 more elements

A method comprising:

storing, by a server comprising a computing device coupled to a network and executing instructions within a memory, within a database coupled to the network:
a plurality of examination questions;
a plurality of user profiles, each comprising a student identifier or a device identifier for a client device operated by a student associated with the student identifier;
and
at least one threshold;
transmitting, by the server, a question in the plurality of questions to the client device for display on a graphical user interface (GUI);
receiving, by the server, in response to the question, a response from the client device comprising a user input into the GUI;
identifying, by the server, from an assessment of at least one connection between the network and the client device, at least one connection variable indicating a number of available networks;
responsive to the at least one connection variable meeting or exceeding the at least one threshold:
receiving, by the server from the client device, the response;
and
transmitting, by the server, the response to at least one additional computing device;
and
responsive to the at least one connection variable not meeting or exceeding the at least one threshold:
delaying, by the server, a transmission of the response;
storing, by the server, the response;
and
transmitting, by the server, the response to the at least one additional computing device subsequent to the delay.

15 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/018,614Filed 11 Sep 2020 · continuation
Priority: 21 Mar 2014
Published: US 2020/0412630 A131 Dec 2020
Granted: 5 Jul 2022
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification12 codes

G09B 7/02
Electrically-operated teaching apparatus or devices working with questions and answers: of the type wherein the student is expected to construct…
G06F 16/2343
Pessimistic concurrency control approaches, e.g. locking or multiple versions without time stamps: locking methods, e.g. distributed locking or…
G06F 16/2453
Query processing: query optimisation
G06F 16/90335
Querying: query processing

Family

Application14/222,317Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 21 Mar 2014
Application14/753,858Parent of this continuation · filed 29 Jun 2015
US 9,105,194 B1Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 11 Aug 2015
Application15/842,653Parent of this continuation · filed 14 Dec 2017
US 9,870,395 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 16 Jan 2018
US 2020/0412630 A1Pre-grant publication · published 31 Dec 2020
US 10,805,197 B2Parent of this continuation
Application14/753,858Parent of this continuation-in-part
US 2015/0302057 A1Published application
US 2018/0218035 A1Published application
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