Roster Building Interface

• US 20100257483A1
• Filed: 03/26/2010
• Published: 10/07/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/03/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Promethean Incorporated (Chalkfree Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Promethean Incorporated (Chalkfree Ltd.)
• Inventors: Vanderpol, Ryan J., Decker, Alexander H., Velozo, Steven C.
• Granted Patent: US 8,595,254 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/825
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06311 Scheduling, planning or task assignment for a person or group

Abstract

Described is a system, method, and product for building a roster. A user interface is rendered. A list of entities is presented. A selection of a first entity and a second entity are received via the user interface. A first list of elements associated with the first entity and a second list of elements associated with the second entity are presented. A selection of an element from the first list of elements is received via the user interface. The second list is updated to include only elements associated with the selected element. A roster is generated, wherein the roster includes summary data, the summary data corresponding to the elements in the updated second list. The summary data is displayed in the user interface.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for building a roster, comprising, in no particular order, the steps of:

rendering a user interface on a graphical display;

presenting a list of entities, each entity representing a collection of data that may be uniquely identified and that is related to a particular subject;

receiving a selection of a first entity and a second entity;

presenting a first list of elements and a second list of elements, the first list being associated with the first entity and the second list being associated with the second entity, each element in each list being a subset of its respective entity;

receiving a selection of an element from the first list of elements;

updating the second list of elements to include only one or more elements that are associated with the element selected from the first list of elements;

generating a roster, wherein the roster includes summary data, the summary data corresponding to the one or more elements that are associated with the element selected from the first list of elements; and

displaying the summary data in the user interface.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

presenting a third list of elements associated with a third entity;

receiving a selection of an element from the second list of elements; and

updating the third list of elements to include only one or more elements that are associated with both the element selected from the first list of elements and the element selected from the second list of elements;

wherein the summary data corresponds to the one or more elements that are associated with both the element selected from the first list of elements and the element selected from the second list of elements.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising the step of updating the first list of elements to include only one or more elements that are associated with the element selected from the second list of elements.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the first list of elements is not updated in response to the selection of an element from the second list of elements.

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

presenting a list of filter options; and

receiving a selection of a filter option;

wherein the summary data further corresponds to the selected filter option.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the list of entities includes one or more pivot sets, each pivot set corresponding to a plurality of entities, and the step of receiving a selection of a first entity and a second entity comprises receiving a selection of a pivot set.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of storing the roster in a data store.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

receiving an update with new summary data;

generating a new roster, the new roster including the new summary data; and

displaying the summary data from the new roster in the user interface.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the data structure is a relational data model and the one or more list of elements are selected from a group including:

one or more schools, one or more classes, one or more assessments, one or more items, one or more units, one or more objects, one or more grades, performance data, one or more guardians, one or more students, demographic data, one or more teachers, one or more standards, professional development data, and financial data.

10. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing the method of claim 1.

11. A computer-implemented system for building a roster via a user interface, comprising:

a data store storing data, the data corresponding to a data structure having an entity-relationship data model;

a user interface comprising an edit roster window,

the edit roster window including a pivot frame, a definition frame, a student frame, and a summary frame,

the pivot frame including a pivot choice pane,

the pivot choice pane allowing a selection of a first entity associated with the data structure and a second entity associated with the data structure, the first entity including one or more elements and the second entity including one or more elements, each element being a subset of its own respective entity,

the definition frame including a first choice menu associated with the first entity and a second choice menu associated with the second entity, each choice menu comprising a list of one of more elements,

wherein each of the choice menus allows a selection of one or more elements of the entity with which that particular choice menu is associated,

the student frame including a student metadata choice menu,

the student metadata choice menu allowing a selection of one or more filter options,

the summary frame including a roster display,

the roster display being a graphical representation of summary data corresponding to i) the selection of one or more elements from the first choice menu and ii) the selection of one or more filter options; and

a roster building application configured to render the user interface, the roster building application further being configured to receive, via the user interface,

i) the selection of the first entity associated with the data structure and the second entity associated with the data structure,

ii) the selection of one or more elements from the first choice menu, and

iii) the selection of one or more filter options, the roster building application further being configured to generate a roster and display the summary data from the roster in the user interface.

12. The computer-implemented system of claim 11, in which the pivot choice pane allows a selection of one or more pivot sets.

13. A computer-readable medium coupled to a processing unit, the computer-readable medium having stored hereon the user interface and the roster building application recited in claim 11.