# US 2014/0154658 A1 · Educational application generator and educational reader > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0154658 A1 - Document ID: US20140154658A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/235,452 - Filed: 2012-07-30 - Published: 2014-06-05 - Earliest claimed: 2011-07-30 - Inventors: Uri Kaplan; Rani Cohen; David Zucker; Dov Moran - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140154658A1 ## CPC - G06Q 50/205: {Education administration or guidance} - G09B 5/062: {Combinations of audio and printed presentations, e.g. magnetically striped cards, talking books, magnetic tapes with printed texts thereon} - G09B 17/003: {electrically operated apparatus or devices} - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G09B: EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS (devices for psychotechnics or for testing reaction times A61B5/16; games, sports, amusements A63; projectors, projector screens G03B) ## Abstract A digital content reader for use with educational content and educational applications, including a content directory for storing digital books and interactive educational applications, a display, coupled with the content directory, for presenting the digital books for reading, and for presenting a user interface for operating the interactive educational applications, an activity log, coupled with the content directory and with the display, for storing a user's progress in reading the digital books and in operating the educational applications, a wireless communicator for communicating with a remote device over an intranet, a controller, coupled with the wireless communicator, for at least partially controlling operation of the digital content reader by the remote device, and a monitor, coupled with the wireless communicator and with the activity log, for reporting data stored by the activity log to the remote device. An application generator for creating educational applications is also described and claimed. ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 1-30. (canceled) ### Claim 31 A digital content reader for use with educational content, comprising: a content directory for storing digital books and accompanying test material therefor; a display, coupled with said content directory, for presenting the digital books and their accompanying test material to a student; an activity log, coupled with said content directory and with said display, for storing the student's progress and score in performing the interactive test material; a wireless communicator for communicating with a remote teacher device over an intranet; a controller, coupled with said wireless communicator, for at least partially controlling presentation of the digital books to the student on said display, in response to control instructions received from the remote teacher device; and a progress monitor, coupled with said wireless communicator and with said activity log, for reporting data stored by said activity log to the remote teacher device. ### Claim 32 (depends on 31) The digital content reader of claim 31 wherein said controller receives a designation of a digital book and a portion thereof from the remote teacher device, and wherein, in response thereto, said controller presents the designated portion of the designated digital book to the student on said display. ### Claim 33 (depends on 31) The digital content reader of claim 31 wherein said controller receives annotation layers for portions of a designated digital book from the remove teacher device, and wherein, in response thereto, said controller toggles the annotation layers on and off when presenting the portions of the designated digital book to the student on said display. ### Claim 34 (depends on 31) The digital content reader of claim 31 further comprising an Internet web browser, and wherein said controller blocks use of said Internet web browser upon instruction from the remote teacher device. ### Claim 35 (depends on 31) The digital content reader of claim 31 wherein said wireless communicator is a BLUETOOTH® communicator or a Wi-Fi communicator. ### Claim 36 (depends on 31) The digital content reader of claim 31 further comprising an Internet browser for downloading the digital books and their accompanying test material, and for transmitting data stored by said activity log to a web server. ### Claim 37 (depends on 31) The digital content reader of claim 31 further comprising an attendance registrar operative to register the digital content reader with the remote teacher device at any given time. ### Claim 38 (depends on 37) The digital content reader of claim 37 further comprising a positioning system for identifying a current location of the digital content reader at the given time, and wherein said attendance registrar registers the current location with the remote teacher device. ### Claim 39 (depends on 31) An educational system comprising the digital content reader of claim 31, and further comprising a content generator for creating and publishing the digital books and their accompanying test material, the content generator comprising: a content editor for creating and editing digital books and accompanying test material; and an application publisher, coupled with said application generator, for transmitting the digital books and their accompanying test material, created and edited by said content editor, to said digital reader. ### Claim 40 (depends on 39) The educational system of claim 39 wherein said activity log reports receipt of the digital books and their accompanying test material to the remote teacher device. ### Claim 41 (depends on 39) The educational system of claim 39 wherein said content editor builds test material applications that are compatible with a mobile operating system from the group consisting of Microsoft WINDOWS MOBILE® 7, Apple IOS™ and Google ANDROID™. ### Claim 42 (depends on 39) The educational system of claim 39 wherein said content generator further comprises an Internet browser for uploading the digital books and their accompanying test material, created and edited by said content editor, to a remote web site. ### Claim 43 (depends on 31) An educational system for classroom management, comprising a plurality of networked student devices, each student device comprising a digital content reader in accordance with claim 31, and each digital content reader wireless communicator being operative to communicate with the other digital content readers via an intranet. ### Claim 44 (depends on 43) The educational system of claim 43 wherein the intranet via which said digital content readers communicate is a BLUETOOTH® intranet or a Wi-Fi intranet. ### Claim 45 (depends on 43) The educational system of claim 43 wherein said digital content reader wireless communicators enable multiple digital content readers to form and join a social network. ### Claim 46 (depends on 45) The educational system of claim 45 wherein each digital content reader comprises a discussion tool for sharing discussion of a digital book over the social network. ### Claim 47 (depends on 46) The educational system of claim 46 wherein said discussion tool enables each digital content reader within the social network to generate a rating of the digital book for sharing over the social network. ### Claim 48 (depends on 46) The educational system of claim 46 wherein said discussion tool enables a selected digital content reader within the social network to transmit annotation layers for portions of a designated digital book, for sharing over the social network, and wherein each digital content reader controller is operative to toggle the annotation layers on and off when it presents the portions of the designated digital book. ### Claim 49 (depends on 48) The educational system of claim 48 wherein the selected one of the digital content readers is selected by the remote teacher device.