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US 2019/0155823 A1Published application
Participant grouping for enhanced interactive experience
AssigneePresident and Fellows of Harvard College
InventorsGary KING, Eric MAZUR, Brian LUKOFF
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Abstract
Representative embodiments of a method for grouping participants in an activity include the steps of: (i) defining a grouping policy; (ii) storing, in a database, participant records that include a participant identifier, a characteristic associated with the participant, and/or an identifier for a participant's handheld device; (iii) defining groupings based on the policy and characteristics of the participants relating to the policy and to the activity; and (iv) communicating the groupings to the handheld devices to establish the groups.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- receiving, from a first electronic device, a first electronic message encoding a first user input identifying a grouping policy for a plurality of participants in an activity, wherein the grouping policy identifies a demographic attribute;
- determining a value associated with one or more behavioral characteristics associated with the participants;
- identifying a statistical model defining a relationship between the value of the one or more behavioral characteristics and a target attribute of a group of participants associated with a same behavioral characteristic for a different participant in the group of participants;
- identifying a first group of the plurality of participants based in part on the statistical model;
- receiving a second electronic message indicating approval of the first group of the plurality of participants;
- and
- transmitting electronic messages to a plurality of handheld devices, wherein each handheld device in the plurality of handheld devices is associated with a participant in the first group, and the electronic messages include an identification of a participant in the first group.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving, by a first electronic device, a first user input identifying a grouping policy for a plurality of participants in an activity;
- transmitting, by the first electronic device, a first electronic message identifying the grouping policy to a remote computer server;
- receiving, by the first electronic device and from the remote computer server, a second electronic message identifying a first group of the plurality of participants;
- receiving, by the first electronic device, a second user input indicating approval of the first group of the plurality of participants;
- and
- causing, by the first electronic device, the remote computer server to transmit electronic messages to a plurality of handheld devices, wherein each handheld device in the plurality of handheld devices is associated with a participant in the first group, and the electronic messages include an identification of a participant in the first group.
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A system, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory in operative communication with the processor, the memory storing instructions that when executed cause the processor to perform the steps of:
- receiving a first user input identifying a grouping policy for a plurality of participants in an activity;
- transmitting a first electronic message identifying the grouping policy to a remote computer server;
- receiving a second electronic message identifying a first group of the plurality of participants;
- receiving a second user input indicating approval of the first group of the plurality of participants;
- and
- causing the remote computer server to transmit electronic messages to a plurality of handheld devices, wherein each handheld device in the plurality of handheld devices is associated with a participant in the first group, and the electronic messages include an identification of a participant in the first group.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.