Method and system for assessment of user performance

• US 20040110118A1
• Filed: 08/27/2003
• Published: 06/10/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 11/13/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Element K Online LLC (SoftBank Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Element K Online LLC (SoftBank Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Clark, Harry Kennedy, Meesuk, Kasempath, Boney, James L
• Application Number:
  US10/415,465
• Publication Number:
  US 20040110118A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/350
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/02 of the type wherein the student is expected to construct an answer to the question which is presented or wherein the machine gives an answer to the question presented by a student

Abstract

A method and system for assessing a user (115) regarding control of one or more devices that include comparing information regarding a configuration (105) of at least one of the devices against at least one evaluation criteria (103), comparing information regarding state information (106) for the device against at least one evaluation criteria, and assessing the user using the above comparisons.

Claims

1. A method for assessing a user regarding control of one or more devices, comprising:

comparing information regarding a configuration of at least one of the devices against at least one evaluation configuration criteria;

comparing information regarding state information for the device against at least one evaluation state criteria; and

assessing the user using the above comparisons.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of obtaining information using the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP);

and

comparing the information obtained using the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) against at least one evaluation criteria, wherein the step of assessing the user includes using the comparison using the information obtained using the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of:

providing a report regarding the assessment.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the report provides one or more of the following capabilities:

linking to help information;

linking to information regarding the configuration of the one or more devices; and

linking to information regarding the states of the one or more devices.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising

remotely accessing the one or more devices;

and

exercising control over the device by the user to perform a training exercise,

wherein the user is assessed based on their performance of the training exercise.

3. A method for assessing a user regarding control of one or more devices, comprising:

comparing information regarding at least one of the devices against at least one evaluation criteria;

assigning one or more weights to one or more of the evaluation criteria;

generating at least one partial credit value in regard to the comparison; and

assessing the user using the above comparisons and the one or more devices.

4. A method for assessing a user regarding control of one or more devices, comprising:

comparing information regarding at least one of the devices against at least one evaluation criteria;

generating at least one partial credit value based on the comparison; and

assessing the user using the above comparisons and the at least one partial credit value.