LANGUAGE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

• US 20140272820A1
• Filed: 03/15/2013
• Published: 09/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Media Mouth Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Media Mouth Incorporated
• Inventors: Wride, Corey
• Application Number:
  US13/839,917
• Publication Number:
  US 20140272820A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/157
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/06 Foreign languages with audible presentation of material to be studied G09B5/04
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/04 with audible presentation of the material to be studied sound recording or reproducing G11B

Abstract

A method of providing a language learning environment comprises accessing media content, and identifying a number of content objects associated within the media instance. An apparatus for providing a language learning environment, comprises a processor, and a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, in which the memory comprises of metadata for the media, and in which the processor executes computer program instructions to, access media, and identify a number of content objects associated within the media instance. A computer program product for providing a language learning environment comprises a computer readable storage medium comprising computer usable program code embodied therewith, the computer usable program code comprising computer usable program code to, when executed by a processor, access media, computer usable program code to, when executed by the processor, identify a number of content objects associated within a media instance.

Claims

1. A method of providing a language learning environment, comprising:

accessing media content; and

identifying a number of content objects associated within the media instance.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a number of identified content objects.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

manipulating the playback of the media in response to a user'"'"'s manipulation of a number of playback controls;

receiving user selections indicating interaction with annotations associated with the media;

receiving user selection of a number of annotations associated with the media;

subscribing to a number of annotations associated with the media for testing upon a user'"'"'s subscription selection; and

performing a number of tests on the user using a number of subscribed annotations associated with the media.

4. The method of claim 3, in which receiving user selections indicating interaction with annotations associated with the media further comprises extracting subtitles in the media for user interaction.

5. The method of claim 3, in which receiving user selections indicating interaction with annotations associated with the media further comprises extracting dosed captioning in the media for user interaction.

6. The method of claim 3, in which receiving user selections indicating interaction with annotations associated with the media further comprises extracting .SRT files in the media for user interaction.

7. The method of claim 3, in which receiving user selections indicating interaction with annotations associated with the media further comprises defining subtitles in the media for user interaction.

8. The method of claim 3, in which receiving user selections indicating interaction with annotations associated with the media further comprises:

receiving a user'"'"'s addition of content or ratings, the added content and ratings becoming content objects.

9. The method of claim 8, in which a receiving a user'"'"'s addition of content or ratings further comprises:

distributing micropayments to the user after a period of time based on a number of rating and content objects that have been added by the user.

10. The method of claim 8, in which receiving a user'"'"'s addition of content or ratings, the added content and ratings becoming content objects further comprises:

linking the content objects explicitly with existing content objects.

11. The method of claim 8, in which receiving a user'"'"'s addition of content or ratings, the added content and ratings becoming content objects further comprises:

linking a number of phrases implicitly with the added content objects.

12. The method of claim 3, in which subscribing to a number of annotations associated with the media for testing upon a user'"'"'s subscription selection further comprises:

subscribing to a number of words, phrases, or phraselists; and

testing on subscribed words or phrases in a random order.

13. The method of claim 12, in which testing on subscribed words or phrases in a random order further comprises:

receiving a user'"'"'s selection of a phrase definition from a number possible choices for a number of subscribed words.

14. The method of claim 12, in which testing on subscribed words or phrases in a random order further comprises:

receiving a user'"'"'s typing of a phrase for a number of subscribed words.

15. The method of claim 12, in which testing on subscribed words or phrases in a random order further comprises:

recording a user'"'"'s voice saying a word for a number of subscribed words,

in which the user may be rated to affect a proficiency score of the user.

16. The method of claim 15, in which the ratings of the recording of the user'"'"'s voice are obtained by receiving ratings input by a number of other users.

17. An apparatus for providing a language learning environment, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory communicatively coupled to the processor;

in which the memory comprises of metadata for the media, and in which the processor executes computer program instructions to;

access media; and

identify a number of content objects associated within the media instance.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, in which the processor further receives a number of identified content objects.

19. The apparatus of claim 17, in which the processor executes computer program instructions to:

manipulate the playback of the media in response to a user'"'"'s manipulation of a number of playback controls;

receive user selections indicating interaction with annotations associated with the media;

receive user selection of a number of annotations associated with the media;

subscribe to a number of annotations associated with the media for testing upon a user'"'"'s subscription selection; and

perform a number of tests direct at a user using a number of subscribed annotations associated with the media.

20. The apparatus of claim 17, in which the processor accesses media using a media player.

21. The apparatus of claim 17, in which the processor further executes computer program instructions to subscribe to a number of annotations based on a number of user requests.

22. The apparatus of claim 17, in which the processor further executes computer program instructions to test the user on a number of annotations to which the user is subscribed.

23. A computer program product for providing a language learning environment comprising:

a computer readable storage medium comprising computer usable program code embodied therewith, the computer usable program code comprising;

computer usable program code to, when executed by a processor, access media; and

computer usable program code to, when executed by the processor, identify a number of content objects associated within a media instance.

24. The computer program product of claim 23, further comprising:

computer usable program code to, when executed by the processor, receive a number of identified content objects; and

computer usable program code to, when executed by a processor, identify a number of content objects associated within the media instance.