System and method for on-line academic competition
First Claim
1. A system for on-line academic competition, comprising:
- a database that stores test questions, team and individual contestant profiles, and test response statistics for the team and individual contestants; and
a processor programmed to interact with the database and with individual contestant processing devices to perform the steps of;
enabling the creation of teams of individual contestants for participation in an academic competition;
enabling a user, through a user interface connected to said database, to perform at least one of the following;
(1) create a league of teams and a cycle of academic competition amongst the league of teams, (2) search for and select at least one team for participation in an inter-team academic competition, and (3) divide a team into multiple teams for an intra-team academic competition;
presenting a series of test questions to the contestant processing devices of the individual contestants of competing teams for response in a time frame allocated for the academic competition;
providing a real time scoreboard with time clock to each contestant processing device that displays an individual contestant'"'"'s progress with respect to both the time frame for answering questions and questions answered correctly while answering the series of questions during an academic competition, where each correctly answered question contributes on the real time scoreboard to at least one of (1) an individual score of the individual contestant and (2) a team score of the individual contestant'"'"'s team; and
enabling teams of individual contestants to compete over a series of test questions for an allotted time period in an online format including both a test item presentation area and the real time scoreboard with time clock, at least one of (1) live, if the teams have common time availability, wherein the real time scoreboard displays in real time at least one of (a) the individual score of the individual contestant and (b) the team scores of the competing teams, and (2) non-live, if the teams do not have common time availability, wherein the real time scoreboard displays in real time at least one of (a) the individual score of the individual contestant and (b) the team score of the individual contestant'"'"'s team.
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Abstract
A web application facilitates live on-line academic competition between teams and individuals based on multiple choice or fill-in-the-blank questions and fosters academic competition between students and schools. Using the software application, a team'"'"'s Coach may enter his/her team in a league of regular competition, schedule a single competition with another team, or organize a competition between the team'"'"'s members by dividing the team into multiple teams. The test environment provides the experience of competing over test questions, including a scoreboard that keeps track of progress with respect to the test time and the opponent. Students of comparable abilities on competing teams are matched using a matching algorithm that matches the students based on past test performance and the like.
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42 Claims
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1. A system for on-line academic competition, comprising:
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a database that stores test questions, team and individual contestant profiles, and test response statistics for the team and individual contestants; and a processor programmed to interact with the database and with individual contestant processing devices to perform the steps of; enabling the creation of teams of individual contestants for participation in an academic competition; enabling a user, through a user interface connected to said database, to perform at least one of the following;
(1) create a league of teams and a cycle of academic competition amongst the league of teams, (2) search for and select at least one team for participation in an inter-team academic competition, and (3) divide a team into multiple teams for an intra-team academic competition;presenting a series of test questions to the contestant processing devices of the individual contestants of competing teams for response in a time frame allocated for the academic competition; providing a real time scoreboard with time clock to each contestant processing device that displays an individual contestant'"'"'s progress with respect to both the time frame for answering questions and questions answered correctly while answering the series of questions during an academic competition, where each correctly answered question contributes on the real time scoreboard to at least one of (1) an individual score of the individual contestant and (2) a team score of the individual contestant'"'"'s team; and enabling teams of individual contestants to compete over a series of test questions for an allotted time period in an online format including both a test item presentation area and the real time scoreboard with time clock, at least one of (1) live, if the teams have common time availability, wherein the real time scoreboard displays in real time at least one of (a) the individual score of the individual contestant and (b) the team scores of the competing teams, and (2) non-live, if the teams do not have common time availability, wherein the real time scoreboard displays in real time at least one of (a) the individual score of the individual contestant and (b) the team score of the individual contestant'"'"'s team. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for on-line academic competition, comprising:
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enabling, using a processing device, the creation of teams of individual contestants for participation in an academic competition; enabling a user, through a user interface, to perform at least one of the following;
(1) create a league of teams and a cycle of academic competition amongst the league of teams, (2) search for and select at least one team for participation in an inter-team academic competition, and (3) divide a team into multiple teams for an intra-team academic competition;presenting, using a processing device, a series of test questions to the contestant processing devices of the individual contestants of competing teams for response in a time frame allocated for the academic competition; providing a real time scoreboard with time clock at each contestant processing device that displays an individual contestant'"'"'s progress with respect to both the time frame for answering questions and questions answered correctly while answering the series of questions during an academic competition, where each correctly answered question contributes on the real time scoreboard to at least one of (1) an individual score of the individual contestant and (2) a team score of the individual contestant'"'"'s team; and enabling teams of individual contestants to compete over a series of test questions for an allotted time period in an online format including both a test item presentation area and the real time scoreboard with time clock, at least one of (1) live, if the teams have common time availability, wherein the real time scoreboard displays in real time at least one of (a) the individual score of the individual contestant and (b) the team scores of the competing teams, and (2) non-live, if the teams do not have common time availability, wherein the real time scoreboard displays in real time at least one of (a) the individual score of the individual contestant and (b) the team score of the individual contestant'"'"'s team. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A non-transitory computer readable storage device having instructions stored thereon that when executed by a processor cause the processor to provide an on-line academic competition including the steps of:
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enabling the creation of teams of individual contestants for participation in an academic competition; enabling a user, through a user interface, to perform at least one of the following;
(1) create a league of teams and a cycle of academic competition amongst the league of teams, (2) search for and select at least one team for participation in an inter-team academic competition, and (3) divide a team into multiple teams for an intra-team academic competition;presenting a series of test questions to the contestant processing devices of the individual contestants of competing teams for response in a time frame allocated for the academic competition; providing a real time scoreboard with time clock at each contestant processing device that displays an individual contestant'"'"'s progress with respect to both the time frame for answering questions and questions answered correctly while answering the series of questions during an academic competition, where each correctly answered question contributes on the real time scoreboard to at least one of (1) an individual score of the individual contestant and (2) a team score of the individual contestant'"'"'s team; and enabling teams of individual contestants to compete over a series of test questions for an allotted time period in an online format including both a test iteni presentation area and the real time scoreboard with time clock, at least one of (1) live, if the teams have common time availability, wherein the real time scoreboard displays in real time at least one of (a) the individual score of the individual contestant and (b) the team scores of the competing teams, and (2) non-live, if the teams do not have common time availability, wherein the real time scoreboard displays in real time at least one of (a) the individual score of the individual contestant and (b)the team score of the individual contestant'"'"'s team. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A system for on-line academic competition, comprising:
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a database that stores test questions, team and individual contestant profiles, and test response statistics for the teams and individual contestants; and a processor programmed to interact with the database and with individual contestant processing devices to perform the steps of; enabling the creation of teams of individual contestants for participation in an academic competition; creating a league of teams through a user interface; creating a cycle of academic competitions amongst the league of teams through a user interface where matches between teams are based at least on a selected time period, frequency of matches, and question sets; enabling a user, through a user interface connected to said database, to perform at least one of the following;
(1) search for and select at least one team for participation in an inter-team academic competition and (2) divide a team into multiple teams for an intra-team academic competition;presenting a series of test questions to the contestant processing devices of the individual contestants of competing teams for response in a time frame allocated for the academic competition; and providing a real time scoreboard to each contestant processing device that displays each individual contestant'"'"'s progress with respect to both the time frame for answering questions and questions answered correctly while answering the series of questions during an academic competition, where each correctly answered question contributes to the contestant'"'"'s individual score on the real time scoreboard. - View Dependent Claims (38)
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39. A method for on-line academic competition, comprising:
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enabling using the processing device, the creation of teams of individual contestants for participation in an academic competition; creating a league of teams through a user interface; creating a cycle of academic competitions amongst the league of teams, through a user interface, where matches between teams are based at least on a selected time period, frequency of matches, and question sets; enabling a user, through a user interface, to perform at least one of the following;
(1) search for and select at least one team for participation in an inter-team academic competition and (2) divide a team into multiple teams for an intra-team academic competition;presenting, using the processing device, a series of test questions to the contestant processing devices of the individual contestants of competing teams for response in a time frame allocated for the academic competition; and providing a real time scoreboard at each contestant processing device that displays each individual contestant'"'"'s progress with respect to both the time frame for answering questions and questions answered correctly while answering the series of questions during an academic competition, where each correctly answered question contributes to the contestant'"'"'s individual score on the real time scoreboard. - View Dependent Claims (40)
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41. A non-transitory computer readable storage device having instructions stored thereon that when executed by a processor cause the processor to provide an on-line academic competition including the steps of:
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enabling the creation of teams of individual contestants for participation in an academic competition; creating a league of teams through a user interface; creating a cycle of academic competitions amongst the league of teams, through a user interface, where matches between teams are based at least on a selected time period, frequency of matches, and question sets; enabling a user, through a user interface, to perform at least one of the following;
(1) search for and select at least one team for participation in an inter-team academic competition and (2) divide a team into multiple teams for an intra-team academic competition;presenting, using the processing device, a series of test questions to the contestant processing devices of the individual contestants of competing teams for response in a time frame allocated for the academic competition; and providing a real time scoreboard at each contestant processing device that displays each individual contestant'"'"'s progress with respect to both the time frame for answering questions and questions answered correctly while answering the series of questions during an academic competition, where each correctly answered question contributes to the contestant'"'"'s individual score on the real time scoreboard. - View Dependent Claims (42)
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