Guided operation of a language device based on constructed, time-dependent data structures
AssigneeGammaKite, LLC
InventorEmmanuel Roche
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Abstract
A personal electronic device is adapted to construct data tables from user input received over time relating to translations of translatable items from a first language to a second language. Entries in a data table for a user are dynamic and may indicate likelihoods of the user correctly translating translatable items as a function of time. Each translatable item may have a different time-dependent likelihood of a correct translation. Operation of the personal electronic device for a user may be based in part on the acquired, time-dependent likelihoods for that user, so that information may be presented to the user in a more efficient manner.
Claims18
An apparatus comprising:
- a display;
- memory;
- a user input device;
- and
- at least one processor connected to the display, memory, and user input device, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
- determine, by the at least one processor based on past input received from a user via the user input device over a plurality of different times, a future time at which the user's likelihood of correctly translating a first item from a first language to a second language falls below a first threshold value;
- identify the first item from among a plurality of translatable items stored in the memory;
- and
- present, at a second time based on the future time, a challenge on the display that causes the user to recall a translation of the identified first item from the first language to the second language.
An apparatus comprising:
- memory;
- and
- at least one processor connected to the memory, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
- construct, in the memory, data fields in a data table for a first item;
- receive, over a plurality of different times, input from a user corresponding to translation of the first item from a first language to a second language;
- dynamically update at least some of the data fields as the input is received to record time and correctness of the user's translation of the first item from the first language to the second language;
- determine, from the recorded times and correctness of the user's translation of the first item, a future time at which the user's likelihood of correctly translating the first item from the first language to the second language falls below a threshold value;
- select the first item from among a plurality of translatable items stored in the memory;
- and
- provide, at a second time based on the future time, a challenge to the user that causes the user to recall a translation of the selected first item from the first language to the second language.
An apparatus comprising:
- a display;
- memory;
- a user input device;
- and
- at least one processor connected to the display, memory, and user input device;
- and
- means for determining, based on past input received from a user via the user input device over a plurality of different times, a future time at which the user's likelihood of correctly translating a first item from a first language to a second language falls below a first threshold value, and for presenting, at a second time based on the future time, a challenge on the display that causes the user to recall a translation of the first item from the first language to the second language.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.