Schedule data distribution evaluating method

• US 20040260584A1
• Filed: 05/05/2004
• Published: 12/23/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 11/07/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Takafumi Terasawa
• Original Assignee: Takafumi Terasawa
• Inventors: Terasawa, Takafumi
• Application Number:
  US10/494,842
• Publication Number:
  US 20040260584A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/7.26
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06316 Sequencing of tasks or work
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1095 Meeting or appointment
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/20 Education

Abstract

To provide a schedule making method for collecting the individual'"'"'s reaction in accordance with a prescribed schedule via a network even when a strict schedule cannot be substantially applied, and capable of analyzing and predicting the reaction in consideration of the individual'"'"'s attribution and a quality of a content.

According to the schedule making method of the present invention, an event cycle unit for executing a content of the same event at a prescribed interval after effecting an event once is generated for each day of the inputted period, and a presentation unit allocating the number of times for each kind of the content at a day of execution is allocated to an event cycle unit for each day in accordance with the attribution information. Then, a schedule table is generated, in which the schedule table corresponds the data to which a content to satisfy the kind of the content that is inputted from a database and the attribution information is allocated by the number of times of the attribution information to a month and a day of the period.

Claims

1. A schedule making method for expressing a schedule condition under which an event relating to a given content arises by a combination of the kinds of a timing condition and a presentation condition.

2. The schedule making method according to claim 1, wherein said timing condition defines the minimum period during which an event relating to a content as a presentation unit;

and by corresponding presence or absence of arising of the event in the presentation unit that is included in a given period to 1-0 without relating to a kind of this arising condition, a timing condition under which a specific event arises during this period is expressed (coded).

3. The schedule making method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein said presentation condition is defined as the number of repetition of the event arising relating to the same content within the same presentation unit, a presentation order of the content within the same presentation unit, and a presentation method of the content.

4. The schedule making method according to claims 1 to 3, wherein, with respect to a set composed of one or a plurality of contents, in order to generate a schedule under which events relating to all contents repeatedly arise at a preserved timing, a short preserved period that is not shorter than said presentation unit relating to arising of the event and is not longer than a period from start of a given event till before a next event arises is provided as an event cycle unit;

and a content is arranged so that a specific event relating to each content arises once within that event cycle unit.

5. The schedule making method according to claims 1 to 4, wherein contents are arranged so that the events relating to each of said contents arise in the same order as much as possible in each of said plural event cycle units.

6. The schedule making method according to claims 1 to 5, wherein, when the events relating to the plural contents arise under plural different presentation conditions, one or a plurality of periods that are not shorter than said presentation unit and are not longer than said event cycle unit are set as a condition unit;

and the conditions are arranged so that all of presentation conditions to be weighed appear within this condition unit.

7. The schedule making method according to claims 1 to 6, wherein the number of presentation condition and the number of content of each presentation condition are combined so that a total amount, a time, and a burden of the arising events or the like are made equal as much as possible upon arranging the presentation condition and the content within said event cycle unit.

8. A storage media storing a schedule table, having one or a plurality of schedule data, wherein the attribution information of the contents to be presented within the presentation unit;

the number of repetition of the contents within this presentation unit;

a presentation method of the contents; and

the number of the contents to execute the events matching a combination condition thereof are corresponded to the order of repetition of said event cycle unit and the order of the presentation unit to be executed within each event cycle unit, and they are provided with an execution expected date or a through number.

9. The storage media according to claim 8, wherein said attribution information includes a degree of difficulty and a level of importance or the like of the contents.

10. A presentation list making method comprising the steps of:

generating a schedule table by deciding a stage for storing many and various contents to which the attribution information is added in a database, a timing condition, a length of an event cycle unit, a length of a presentation unit, a length of a condition unit, a presentation condition, the attribution information of the content, and the number of repetition of the content;

writing a condition code made by combining a timing condition, a number of a presentation unit, the attribution information of the content, the number of repetition of the content, and a presentation method of the content on the basis of said schedule table while corresponding it to each content of a content database;

designating a kind of the content, a schedule condition, and a number or a through number of a presentation unit; and

corresponding the designated content database to the schedule table, abstracting the content corresponding to the designated presentation unit as a presentation list together with various information, and deciding the order of presentation and a presentation method of the contents so that the contents that are abstracted according to need can be presented in accordance with a presentation condition of the schedule table.

11. The presentation list making method according to claim 10,

wherein, by using the information recording the history generating said presentation list while corresponding it to the schedule table, it is grasped which presentation unit haws been already generated as a presentation list;

and the information recording the history generating said presentation list is displayed so as to designate a presentation unit of which presentation list is not generated.

12. A learning schedule data distribution evaluating method for distributing a presentation unit of learning from a site to a learner terminal by a computer system via a network and evaluating an effect,

wherein said site having

a stage wherein, with respect to a set composed of one or a plurality of contents, in order to generate a schedule under which events relating to all contents repeatedly arise at a preserved timing, a period (referred to as an interval) that is not shorter than said presentation unit relating to arising of the event and is not longer than a period from start of a given event till before a next event arises is provided as an event cycle unit;

and a content is arranged so that a specific event relating to each content arises once within that event cycle unit or the information for arranging the content is transmitted to said learner terminal;

a stage for adding an evaluating event such as a test to the event of said event cycle unit; and

a stage for offering the reaction to the content of the event arising under a specific schedule before said distributed event cycle unit from said learner terminal and measuring and evaluating an effect of this event.

13. The learning schedule data distribution evaluating method according to claim 12,

wherein, by comparing a first event cycle unit in the schedule that is arranged according to claim 12 with the individual'"'"'s reaction from said learner terminal to the evaluating event in a specific event cycle unit, said site evaluates the effect of the event of the event cycle units till a specific event cycle unit.

14. The learning schedule data distribution evaluating method according to claim 12 or 13,

wherein, upon measuring and comparing the effect of the event arising in accordance with a given schedule with a period required for measurement shorter than the event cycle unit for each presentation condition, said site selects the same number of the contents of the presentation condition to be compared from among respective condition units;

unifies the reactions to these as a point; and

compares and evaluates an effect of each presentation condition.

15. The learning schedule data distribution evaluating method according to claims 12 to 14,

wherein said site collects the changes of the reactions to the individual'"'"'s event of said learner terminal who experienced the event in accordance with the schedule condition;

unifies the changes for a plurality of individuals; and

accumulates a typical pattern of the reaction change as a standard in a database.

16. The learning schedule data distribution evaluating method according to claim 15,

wherein said schedule condition defines an interval at which an event relating to a given content arises by a combination of the kinds of a timing condition and a presentation condition.

17. The learning schedule data distribution evaluating method according to claims 12 to 16,

wherein said database accumulates a typical pattern of the reaction change of a group as a standard;

in said group, various individual attributions such as a personality, a sexuality, and a location or the like also correspond with each other in addition to the schedule condition.

20. The learning schedule data distribution evaluating method according to claims 12 to 19,

wherein said site requests said learner terminal to perform a self-assessment of the known or learned level of each content of a content list in accordance with a criterion of a prescribed stage;

and collects and stores the stage of assessment of the learner at said learner terminal and according to need, the reaction time from presentation of the content till the self-assessment as the individual reaction data corresponding to one event relating to this content.

21. The learning schedule data distribution evaluating method according to claims 12 to 20,

wherein said site comprises

a stage for recording the reaction data to each content of said presentation list in an individual reaction database while corresponding it to each content;

a stage for unifying the contents equivalent to a combination of a timing condition, the attribution information, and a presentation condition such as the number of repetition or the like by using a condition code that is allocated to each content, and calculating a central value of the reactions to these contents; and

a stage for outputting this central value as a reaction change pattern under its schedule condition.

22. The learning schedule data distribution evaluating method according to claims 12 to 21, comprising

a stage for grasping which presentation unit has been generated as a presentation list by using the information that is recorded while corresponding the history generating said presentation list to a schedule table;

and

a stage for distributing a presentation unit of which said presentation list is not generated to said learner terminal so that said learner terminal can designate said presentation unit and displaying said presentation unit.

23. The learning schedule data distribution evaluating method according to claims 12 to 22,

wherein, when colleting the reaction data from said learner terminal, and when the originally-predicted schedule is deviated from a timing condition, the deviated timing condition is described again at a typical due date such as an end day, a start day, and a central day in practice of a period of each event cycle unit.

24. The learning schedule data distribution evaluating method according to claim 23,

wherein said timing condition to be described and a schedule condition are corresponded to the reaction data of a rater;

and the rater data is made into a database.

25. The learning schedule data distribution evaluating method according to claims 12 to 24,

wherein, when the reaction data to an event that arises under various timing conditions and is transmitted is transmitted from said learner terminal, said site defines the minimum period during which the event arises, and describes an arising timing condition of the event depending on whether or not the event arises during this period.

26. The learning schedule data distribution evaluating method according to claim 25,

wherein the reaction of the individual who experienced each event is coded with respect to said timing condition which is described according to claim 25;

and the individual'"'"'s experience is expressed by a combination of this timing condition and the code of the reaction.

27. The learning schedule data distribution evaluating method according to claim 26,

wherein said site registers the event expression that is expressed according to claim 26 as a database;

predicts the reaction to an arbitrary individual'"'"'s event or predicts said reaction and the timing by estimating a timing condition expected to have a specific reaction.

18. A learning schedule data distribution evaluating method,

wherein, upon predicting the changes of the reaction pattern hereafter of the individual'"'"'s learner terminal who experienced a given event in accordance with a specific schedule condition, said site uses said database, has the same attribution as that individual'"'"'s attribution, experiences the event in accordance with the same or similar schedule, and further, returns the reaction change pattern indicated by the group indicating the similar reaction pattern to said learner terminal as a prediction pattern of that individual'"'"'s reaction.

19. The learning schedule data distribution evaluating method according to claim 18, including

a stage for collecting the reaction data to the event arising under the schedule condition mixing a schedule of a timing condition with a short interval and a schedule of a timing condition with a long interval from a plurality of leaner terminals, and specifying a functional relation between the change of the reaction under the short timing condition and the change of the reaction under the long timing condition;

and

a stage for collecting the reactions to the event arising under the short timing condition at a separate and different individual'"'"'s learner terminal, and predicting a reaction change pattern under the long timing condition from the functional relation that is specified as this pattern.

28. A learning schedule data distribution evaluating system for offering index information that is required to master a learning content from the side of a server via a computer network,

wherein said learning schedule offering device having:

means for prompting a learner terminal to input a content name to be learned, in accordance with input of said content name, making said learner terminal to display a plurality of learning effect patterns corresponding to said content name that has been stored therein in advance, and prompting said learner terminal to select any one of said plural learning effect patterns;

means for generating a presentation list corresponding a month and a day to the content when said learner terminal selects said learning pattern on the basis of a schedule table defining a distribution schedule of said selected content by the number of repetition and the attribution information, and transmitting said presentation list to said learner terminal; and

means for collecting an assessment result of each content with respect to said presentation list at a learner terminal of said learner;

collecting said assessment results having similar individual attribution and schedule;

selecting a central value from among them;

predicting an effect to said selected content hereafter; and

transmitting the predicted effect to said learner terminal;

wherein said learner terminal having;

means for displaying many learning effect patterns from said learning schedule offering device, and transmitting a content name of the selected learning effect pattern to said learning schedule offering device; and

means for storing a presentation list from said learning schedule offering device, sequentially displaying each content of said presentation list on a screen, displaying the prescribed number of question items after a prescribed time has passed to select any one of the question items, and transmitting said selected question item to said learning schedule offering device as said assessment result.

29. The learning schedule data distribution evaluating system according to claim 28,

wherein said learning schedule offering device has means for obtaining a prediction result of a learner himself or herself to each content with respect to said presentation list and an average of other learners, and transmitting said prediction result of the learner himself or herself and this entire prediction result to said learner terminal.

30. The learning schedule data distribution evaluating system according to claim 28 or 29,

wherein said learning schedule offering device groups many contents to which the attribution are added by said attribution information;

on the basis of inputted learning period and learning date, defines said learning period of a cycle unit learning again for each of said grouped contents after learning said content at a prescribed interval;

defines the number of learning of each of said grouped contents for said cycle unit; and

has a schedule table in which the number of learning of these contents are allocated evenly at each date of said learning period for each of said grouped contents; and

when said learner terminal selects said learning pattern, said learning schedule offering device generates a presentation list in which the contents to be learned for each month and day are allocated from the schedule table corresponding to the content name of said learning pattern; and

transmits said presentation list to said learner terminal.