APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTERACTIVE DISSEMINATION OF KNOWLEDGE

• US 20140356846A1
• Filed: 08/14/2014
• Published: 12/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/06/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Su-Kam Intelligent Education Systems, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Su-Kam Intelligent Education Systems, Inc.
• Inventors: SU, Julius
• Granted Patent: US 8,909,653 B1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/362
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 5/043 Distributed expert systems; Blackboards
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/02 with visual presentation of the material to be studied, e.g. using film strip

Abstract

Embodiments of apparatus, systems and methods facilitate knowledge dissemination and promote knowledge acquisition, in part, by automatically presenting elements of an interlinked knowledge base to optimize learning efficiency. In some embodiments, a graphical user interface (GUI) facilitates user interaction with subject items, ordered arrangements of subject items, and display of subject items and their interconnections in the knowledge base. For example, the GUI facilitates operations such as the determination and display of: subject items with the same subject tag, and subject items with similar connectivity. Other operations facilitate simplification and modification of the displayed knowledge graph comprising the subject items.

Claims

1. A processor-implemented method for displaying content associated with a plurality of linked subject items in a knowledge base, the method comprising:

obtaining and displaying a learning path comprising an ordered set of subject items in the knowledge base,

determining a set of linked subject items comprising at least one of a set of basic subject items or a set of advanced subject items, wherein each subject item in the set of linked subject items is linked to at least one subject item on the learning path, and

displaying representations of a subset of the linked subject items selected from the set of linked subject items, wherein the displayed representation for a first subject item in the subset is determined based, in part, on at least one of;

a proximity of the first subject item to one or more subject items on the learning path, or

a value of a first property associated with the first subject item, or

a value of a second property associated with a second subject item directly linked to the first subject item.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the displayed representation of the first subject item is determined based on:

the second property, wherein the value of the second property is terminal, and the displayed representation is obtained by displaying a first representation of the first subject item when a second subject item directly linked to the first subject item is designated as terminal, wherein the second subject item is more proximate to a subject item on the learning path than the first subject item.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein displaying the first representation of the first subject item comprises:

determining a directly linked set of subject items comprising subject items directly linked to the second subject item, wherein subject items in the directly linked set are less proximate than the second subject item; and

displaying a representation of the directly linked set linked to the second subject item.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the displayed representation of the first subject item is determined based on:

the first property, wherein the value of the first property is intermediate, and the displayed representation comprises a symbol associated with the first subject item.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the displayed representation of the first subject item is determined based on the proximity of the first subject item to a subject item on the learning path being lower than a proximity threshold, and wherein:

the subset of linked subject items comprises subject items more proximate to at least one subject item on the learning path than the proximity threshold; and

the displayed representation of the first subject item comprises a first symbol associated with the first subject item, the first symbol being displayed in conjunction with the display of a plurality of symbols associated with the subset of linked subject items.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying an operator corresponding to the displayed representation of the first subject item, wherein the operator changes an existing value of the first property.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

upon activation of the operator, changing the displayed representation of the first subject item based, in part, on the changed value of the first property.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the displayed representation of the first subject item further comprises:

display of a subject tag associated with the first subject item, and

displaying, upon selection of the subject tag, a representation of a cluster of subject items in the knowledge base associated with the subject tag.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

dynamically updating, upon modification of the learning path by the addition or removal of one or more subject items, the set of linked subject items linked to at least one subject item on the modified learning path, and

displaying representations of an updated subset of the linked subject items selected from the updated set of linked subject items.

10. An apparatus comprising:

a memory to hold a knowledge base comprising a plurality of subject items;

a display; and

a processor coupled to the memory and the display, wherein the processor is configured to;

obtain a learning path comprising an ordered set of subject items in the knowledge base,

determine a set of linked subject items comprising at least one of a set of basic subject items or a set of advanced subject items, wherein each subject item in the set of linked subject items being linked to at least one subject item on the learning path, and

display, on the display, the learning path and representations of a subset of the linked subject items selected from the set of linked subject items, wherein the displayed representation for a first subject item in the subset is determined based, in part, on at least one of;

a proximity of the first subject item to one or more subject items on the learning path, or

a value of a first property associated with the first subject item, or

a value of a second property associated with a second subject item directly linked to the first subject item.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the processor is configured to determine the displayed representation of the first subject item is based on:

the second property, wherein the value of the second property is terminal, and the displayed representation is obtained by displaying a first representation of the first subject item when a second subject item directly linked to the first subject item is designated as terminal, wherein the second subject item is more proximate to a subject item on the learning path than the first subject item.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein to display the first representation of the first subject item, the processor is configured to:

determine a directly linked set of subject items comprising subject items directly linked to the second subject item, wherein subject items in the directly linked set are less proximate than the second subject item; and

display a representation of the directly linked set linked to the second subject item.

13. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the processor is configured to determine the displayed representation of the first subject item based on:

the first property, wherein the value of the first property is intermediate, and the displayed representation comprises a symbol associated with the first subject item.

14. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the processor is configured to determine the displayed representation of the first subject item based on the proximity of the first subject item to a subject item on the learning path being lower than a proximity threshold, and wherein:

the subset of linked subject items comprises subject items more proximate to at least one subject item on the learning path than the proximity threshold; and

the displayed representation of the first subject item comprises a first symbol associated with the first subject item, the first symbol being displayed in conjunction with the display of a plurality of symbols associated with the subset of linked subject items.

15. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to:

display an operator corresponding to the displayed representation of the first subject item, wherein the operator changes an existing value of the first property; and

change, upon activation of the operator, the displayed representation of the first subject item based, in part, on the changed value of the first property.

16. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein to determine the displayed representation of the first subject item, the processor is further configured to:

display of a subject tag associated with the first subject item, and

display, upon selection of the subject tag, a representation of a cluster of subject items in the knowledge base associated with the subject tag.

17. The apparatus of claim 10, processor is further configured to:

dynamically update, upon modification of the learning path by the addition or removal of one or more subject items, the set of linked subject items linked to at least one subject item on the modified learning path, and

display representations of an updated subset of the linked subject items selected from the updated set of linked subject items.

18. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine an advanced connectivity pattern and/or a basic connectivity pattern for each subject item in the subset of the linked subject items; and

display the subset of subject items, wherein subject items in the subset with a similar basic connectivity pattern or a similar advanced connectivity pattern are displayed using a condensed representation indicative of the connective pattern similarity.

19. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the apparatus is one of:

a smartphone;

a tablet computer;

a handheld device;

a notebook computer;

or

a wearable computing device.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions, which when executed by a processor, perform steps in a method for displaying content associated with a plurality of linked subject items in a knowledge base, the steps comprising:

obtaining and displaying a learning path comprising an ordered set of subject items in the knowledge base,

determining a set of linked subject items comprising at least one of a set of basic subject items or a set of advanced subject items, wherein each subject item in the set of linked subject items is linked to at least one subject item on the learning path, and

displaying representations of a subset of the linked subject items selected from the set of linked subject items, wherein the displayed representation for a first subject item in the subset is determined based, in part, on at least one of;

a proximity of the first subject item to one or more subject items on the learning path, or

a value of a first property associated with the first subject item, or

a value of a second property associated with a second subject item directly linked to the first subject item.