CUSTOMIZING APPLICATION USABILITY WITH 3D INPUT

• US 20160012740A1
• Filed: 07/09/2014
• Published: 01/14/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/09/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Pearson Education Incorporated (Pearson plc)
• Original Assignee: Pearson Education Incorporated (Pearson plc)
• Inventors: Arnold, Brent Douglas, Hunt, Darvell Dean, Figueroa, Amanda Luisa, Peterson, CrisAnn
• Granted Patent: US 9,691,293 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 21/00 Teaching, or communicating with, the blind, deaf or mute audible presentation of material to be studied G09B5/04; devices or methods for replacing direct visual or auditory perception by another kind of perception A61F9/08, A61F11/04; audible indication of meter readings or of colour G01D7/12; watches for blind persons G04B25/02; speech analysis, speech recognition G10L; sound-recording or reproducing, per se G11B
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/06 with both visual and audible presentation of the material to be studied
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/12 different stations being capable of presenting different information simultaneously G09B5/14 takes precedence

Abstract

Generally, embodiments of the disclosure are directed to methods, computer-readable medium, servers, and systems for providing customized instructional content through an application using three-dimensional input and providing feedback from an interaction with the instructional content.

Claims

1. A computing device for providing customized instructional content through an application using three-dimensional input, the computing device comprising:

a processor; and

a memory device including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to;

receive a first profile, wherein;

the first profile is associated with a plurality of users,

the first profile comprises a plurality of commands associated with the three-dimensional input,

the plurality of commands includes a first command and a second command, and

the plurality of commands interact with the instructional content;

receive the three-dimensional input, wherein;

the three-dimensional input is provided by an appendage of a user,

the appendage of the user moves in a three-dimensional space to generate the three-dimensional input, and

the movement includes a start of the movement by the appendage and an end of the movement by the appendage;

determine that the three-dimensional input corresponds with the first command;

generate a second profile for the user, wherein;

the second profile is based in part on the first profile,

the second profile corresponds with the user, and

the three-dimensional input replaces information originally associated with the first command;

receive a second three-dimensional input;

determine that the second three-dimensional input is from the user; and

initiate the first command on the application according to the second profile for the user.

2. The computing device for providing customized instructional content using the three-dimensional input of claim 1, wherein a speed for providing the instructional content is reduced based on the second profile.

3. The computing device for providing customized instructional content using the three-dimensional input of claim 1, wherein a duration for providing customized instructional content through the application using the three-dimensional input is increased based on the second profile.

4. The computing device for providing customized instructional content using the three-dimensional input of claim 1, wherein the first profile is a default profile and the second profile is a customized profile.

5. The computing device for providing customized instructional content using the three-dimensional input of claim 1, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to:

receive a third three-dimensional input, wherein;

the third three-dimensional input includes a plurality of movements, and

the plurality of movements include input from entities other than the user;

filter the plurality of movements from the third three-dimensional input based on a threshold;

determine that the filtered third three-dimensional input corresponds with the second command; and

initiate the second command on the application that corresponds with the filtered third three-dimensional input.

6. The computing device for providing customized instructional content using the three-dimensional input of claim 1, wherein the three-dimensional input is received from a second computing device.

7. The computing device for providing customized instructional content using the three-dimensional input of claim 1, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to:

prompt the user to provide the three-dimensional input.

8. A computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations for providing customized instructional content through an application using three-dimensional input, the operations comprising:

receiving a first profile, wherein;

the first profile is associated with a plurality of users,

the first profile comprises a plurality of commands associated with the three-dimensional input,

the plurality of commands includes a first command and a second command, and

the plurality of commands interact with the instructional content;

receiving the three-dimensional input, wherein;

the three-dimensional input is provided by an appendage of a user,

the appendage of the user moves in a three-dimensional space to generate the three-dimensional input, and

the movement includes a start of the movement by the appendage and an end of the movement by the appendage;

determining that the three-dimensional input corresponds with the first command;

generating a second profile for the user, wherein;

the second profile is based in part on the first profile,

the second profile corresponds with the user, and

the three-dimensional input replaces information originally associated with the first command;

receiving a second three-dimensional input;

determining that the second three-dimensional input is from the user; and

initiating the first command on the application according to the second profile for the user.

9. The computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations for providing customized instructional content through the application using three-dimensional input of claim 8, wherein a speed for providing the instructional content is reduced based on the second profile.

10. The computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations for providing customized instructional content through the application using three-dimensional input of claim 8, wherein a duration for providing customized instructional content through the application using the three-dimensional input is increased based on the second profile.

11. The computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations for providing customized instructional content through the application using three-dimensional input of claim 8, wherein the first profile is a default profile and the second profile is a customized profile.

12. The computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations for providing customized instructional content through the application using three-dimensional input of claim 8, the operations further comprising:

receiving a third three-dimensional input, wherein;

the third three-dimensional input includes a plurality of movements, and

the plurality of movements include input from entities other than the user;

filtering the plurality of movements from the third three-dimensional input based on a threshold;

determining that the filtered third three-dimensional input corresponds with the second command; and

initiating the second command on the application that corresponds with the filtered third three-dimensional input.

13. The computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations for providing customized instructional content through the application using three-dimensional input of claim 8, wherein the three-dimensional input is received from a second computing device.

14. The computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations for providing customized instructional content through the application using three-dimensional input of claim 8, the operations further comprising:

prompting the user to provide the three-dimensional input.

15. A computer-implemented method of providing customized instructional content through an application using three-dimensional input, the method comprising:

receiving a first profile, wherein;

the first profile is associated with a plurality of users,

the first profile comprises a plurality of commands associated with the three-dimensional input,

the plurality of commands includes a first command and a second command, and

the plurality of commands interact with the instructional content;

receiving the three-dimensional input, wherein;

the three-dimensional input is provided by an appendage of a user,

the appendage of the user moves in a three-dimensional space to generate the three-dimensional input, and

the movement includes a start of the movement by the appendage and an end of the movement by the appendage;

determining that the three-dimensional input corresponds with the first command;

generating a second profile for the user, wherein;

the second profile is based in part on the first profile,

the second profile corresponds with the user, and

the three-dimensional input replaces information originally associated with the first command;

receiving a second three-dimensional input;

determining that the second three-dimensional input is from the user; and

initiating the first command on the application according to the second profile for the user.

16. The computer-implemented method of providing customized instructional content through the application using three-dimensional input of claim 15, wherein a speed for providing the instructional content is reduced based on the second profile.

17. The computer-implemented method of providing customized instructional content through the application using three-dimensional input of claim 15, wherein a duration for providing customized instructional content through the application using the three-dimensional input is increased based on the second profile.

18. The computer-implemented method of providing customized instructional content through the application using three-dimensional input of claim 15, wherein the first profile is a default profile and the second profile is a customized profile.

19. The computer-implemented method of providing customized instructional content through the application using three-dimensional input of claim 15, the method further comprising:

receiving a third three-dimensional input, wherein;

the third three-dimensional input includes a plurality of movements, and

the plurality of movements include input from entities other than the user;

filtering the plurality of movements from the third three-dimensional input based on a threshold;

determining that the filtered third three-dimensional input corresponds with the second command; and

initiating the second command on the application that corresponds with the filtered third three-dimensional input.

20. The computer-implemented method of providing customized instructional content through the application using three-dimensional input of claim 15, wherein the three-dimensional input is received from a second computing device.