Interactive system for building, organising, and sharing one's own databank of questions and answers in a variety of questioning formats, on any subject in one or more languages

• US 20060216683A1
• Filed: 11/08/2005
• Published: 09/28/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 05/14/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Gautam Dharamdas Goradia
• Original Assignee: Gautam Dharamdas Goradia
• Inventors: Goradia, Gautam Dharamdas
• Application Number:
  US10/556,143
• Publication Number:
  US 20060216683A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/322
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/06 of the multiple-choice answer-type, i.e. where a given question is provided with a series of answers and a choice has to be made from the answers

Abstract

Interactive system for building, organising, and sharing one'"'"'s own databank of questions and answers in a variety of questioning formats, on any subject in one or more languages, it being accepted that one may want to build such data based on one'"'"'s personal interest, in one or more languages by well-defined classifications that uses a computer system comprising of: a. One or more Databases to store data user wise; b. A well classified (i) User database; (ii) At least one data input, organizing and management module(s) allowing a user to input, append and/or modify data with or without Voice by well-defined classifications; (iii) Module to invoke a Practice Session; (iv) Module to Schedule data on the user'"'"'s computer, including hand held devices, at preset time intervals; (v) Module to take Self Evaluation Tests and view replays of the same; (vi) Module to create Tests and Quizzes; (vii) Module allowing the user to Export data from the Database(s); (viii) Module allowing the user to Import data built by another user using the same System; (ix) Module allowing the user to Translate data into one or more languages; (x) Reports Module.

Claims

1-24. -24. (canceled)

25. An interactive system for building, organizing, and sharing one'"'"'s own databank of questions and answers in a variety of questioning formats, on any subject, in one or more languages, using a computer system, comprising of:

(a) a User Interface;

(b) one or more well-classified databases to store data user wise including a User Database;

(c) at least one well classified data input, organizing and management module;

(d) modules for sharing, invoking, storing, evaluating, and improving one'"'"'s knowledge on any subject, using the data from the databank, said data having been selected by a user by finding the same by none or one or more “

FIND”

conditions; and

(e) a control system acting as a bridge between the User Interface and the databases.

26. The system according to claim 25 wherein said data input organizing and management module allows the user to classify the data by Classifications like Date, Language, Source of Information, Age Group, Difficulty Level, Subject and Sub subjects.

27. The system according to claim 25 wherein the modules include a Question Bank—

Rapid Entry Module for allowing the user to build questions and answers rapidly by minimum classifications.

28. The system according to claim 27 wherein said Question Bank—

Rapid Entry Module allows the user to classify the data by classifications like Date, Language, Source of Information, Age Group, Difficulty Level, Subject and Sub subjects.

29. The system according to claim 25 wherein the modules include a Comprehension Bank Module for allowing the user to build and share a databank of passages by well-defined classifications, and further questions and answers based on said passages in various questioning formats, such that the user acquires an improved comprehension of said passages.

30. The system according to claim 29 wherein said Comprehension Bank Module allows the user to classify the data by well-defined classifications like Date, Language, Source of Information, Age Group, Difficulty Level, Subject and Sub subjects.

31. The system according to claim 29 wherein said Comprehension Bank Module allows the user to export the questions and answers based on the passages to the data input organizing and management module by finding the same from the databank by none or one or more FIND conditions.

32. The system according to claim 25 wherein the modules include a Practice Session Module for allowing the user to invoke and store a practice session for continuous improvement of one'"'"'s knowledge on any subject, using the data from the databank by finding the same by none or one or more “

FIND”

conditions.

33. The system according to claim 25 wherein the modules include a Self Evaluation Test Module, Print a Test Module, Individual Test Report Module, and an Overall Evaluation Report Module for allowing the user to invoke and store self evaluation tests, being taken in a variety of test formats using the data from the databank, by finding the same by none or one or more “

FIND”

conditions, and to print such Tests, and obtaining evaluation reports of said tests.

34. The system according to claim 33 where the Self Evaluation Test Module includes a utility for viewing a replay of a self evaluation test along with the user'"'"'s actions performed during the self evaluation test and to obtain reports of such replays.

35. The system according to claim 25 wherein the modules include a Create a Test/Quiz Module and an Insta Test/Quiz Module for allowing the user to create and/or print tests and/or quizzes manually or automatically, by various classifications like the Date of test/quiz, Venue, Name of test/quiz, Categories and Sub-categories, and further allowing the user to assign marks to each question, using the data from the databank, by finding the same, by none or one or more “

FIND”

conditions.

36. The system according to claim 35 wherein the Create a Test/Quiz Module enables verifying, using a backtracking utility, whether any of the questions being selected for the test/quiz, have been used during any user specified earlier period for the person(s) who will face the test/quiz, thus avoiding duplication of questions.

37. The system according to claim 25 wherein the modules include a Scheduler Module for allowing the user to schedule data by finding the same, from the databank, by none or one or more “

FIND”

conditions, and said data is brought up on the user'"'"'s computer system at preset time intervals.

38. The system according to claim 25 wherein the modules include an Export Module for allowing the user to export data from the databank, said data having been selected by the user by finding the same by none or one or more “

FIND”

conditions.

39. The system according to claim 25 wherein the modules include an Import Module for allowing the user to import data built by one or more other users.

40. The system according to claim 39 wherein the Import Module further includes a utility for selectively importing the data.

41. The system according to claim 25 wherein the modules include a Global Changes Module for allowing the user to modify records, delete records, bookmark records, mark records as “

Set for Practice”

or “

Mastered”

, “

Public”

or “

Private”

, and “

Favourite”

, attach image, animation and/or sound files, and/or associate more information to a record in the form of URLs, files, remarks, translate records, individually as well as globally.

42. The system according to claim 25 wherein said data input organizing and management module further includes a utility for copying of existing classification and previously entered data, for new data input by the user, for ease of data entry, with a choice of defining the extent of the details to be copied.

43. The system according to claim 25 wherein the modules include a Recycle Bin Module for allowing the user to restore or permanently remove a record individually or plurally from the system.

44. The system according to claim 25 wherein the modules include a Reports Module for allowing a user to print reports and/or graphs about the data in the databank, by finding the same by none or one or more FIND conditions.

45. The system according to claim 25 wherein the “

FIND”

conditions are defined by classifications like the Date, Record ID, Language, Source of Information, Age Group, Difficulty Level, Subject, Sub Subjects, Test/Quiz Title, Test/Quiz Venue, Category and Sub Categories as well as by keywords, separators, wildcard characters, file attachments, attachment remarks, associations, association remarks, import remarks, or bookmark remarks including whether or not a record is marked as “

Set for Practice”

or “

Mastered”

or either, “

Private”

or “

Public”

or either, as well as “

Favourite”

, Practice Session Title, Test/Quiz Title, Test/Quiz Venue, Category and Sub categories.

46. The system according to claim 45, wherein the “

FIND”

conditions allow the user to avoid questions that may have been faced by the user in a self evaluation test before a specified number of days and/or for a specified number of times and/or based on a score that the user achieved on the questions in a self evaluation test during a specified period of time.

47. The system according to claim 25 wherein the modules include a Translation Module for allowing translation of a record from one language into another of user'"'"'s choice, individually or globally.

48. The system according to claim 25 wherein the modules include a Tools/Help Menu Options Module for allowing the user to select an option for customization including system maintenance and updating of database.

49. The system according to claim 25 wherein the modules include a Master Module for allowing the user to create and store masters for well-defined classifications.

50. The system according to claim 25 wherein the modules include a Screen Saver Module for allowing the user to display the data in the databank as screen savers.

51. The system according to claim 25 further includes a utility which allows the user to print flash cards, snap cards, and worksheets from the data in the databank.

52. The system according to claim 25 wherein the modules and utilities are adapted to be operated within a browser and/or other viewing and/or processing programs and to operate on one or more computers, including hand held devices.