TOUCH-BASED INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

• US 20160358505A1
• Filed: 06/03/2016
• Published: 12/08/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Isted, Timothy V., Falk, Sonny, Swadling, Maxwell S., Wakamo, Connor M., Aghaei, Behzad, Drukman, Maxwell O., Patenaude, Matthew M.
• Granted Patent: US 10,929,008 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/2145 the surface being also a display device, e.g. touch screens
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/537 using indicators, e.g. showing the condition of a game character on screen
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/63 by the player, e.g. authoring using a level editor
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/209 characterized by low level software layer, relating to hardware management, e.g. Operating System, Application Programming Interface
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/274 Converting codes to words; Guess-ahead of partial word inputs
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/31 Programming languages or programming paradigms
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/33 Intelligent editors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/38 for implementing user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/445 Program loading or initiating bootstrapping G06F9/4401; security arrangements for program loading or initiating G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/00 Teaching not covered by other main groups of this subclass teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying F41G3/26
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/0053 Computers, e.g. programming
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/02 with visual presentation of the material to be studied, e.g. using film strip

Abstract

In an example method, a device presents a user interface on a touch sensitive surface of the device. The user interface includes a first portion for displaying a sequence of code and a second portion for displaying suggested segments of code. The device receives one or more character inputs in the first portion of the user interface, and determines, based on the one or more character inputs, one or more suggested segments of code. The device presents the one or more suggested segments of code in the second portion of the user interface, and receives a touch input selecting a particular suggested segment of code. The device inserts the selected suggested segment of code into the first portion of the user interface.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

presenting, by a device, a user interface on a touch sensitive surface of the device, the user interface having a first portion for displaying a sequence of code and a second portion for displaying suggested segments of code;

receiving, by the device, one or more character inputs in the first portion of the user interface;

determining, by the device based on the one or more character inputs, one or more suggested segments of code;

presenting, by the device, the one or more suggested segments of code in the second portion of the user interface;

receiving, by the device, a touch input selecting a particular suggested segment of code; and

inserting, by the device, the selected suggested segment of code into the first portion of the user interface.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein presenting the one or more suggestion segments of code comprises:

determining, by the device, that the one or more suggested segments of code exceed a particular length;

truncating, by the device, the one or more suggested segments of code; and

presenting, by the device, the truncated suggested segments of code in the second portion of the user interface.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

responsive to receiving the touch input selecting a particular suggested segment of code, determining, by the device based on the selected suggested segment of code, one or more additional suggested segments of code; and

presenting, by the device, the one or more additional suggested segments of code in the second portion of the user interface.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more character inputs and the one or more suggested segments of code share a common stem.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the user interface is presented as a part of a lesson plan.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the one or more suggested segments of code are determined based on the education lesson plan.

7. A system comprising:

a touch sensitive surface;

one or more processors;

a non-transitory computer-readable medium including one or more sequences of instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, causes;

presenting, by the system, a user interface on the touch sensitive surface, the user interface having a first portion for displaying a sequence of code and a second portion for displaying suggested segments of code;

receiving, by the system, one or more character inputs in the first portion of the user interface;

determining, by the system based on the one or more character inputs, one or more suggested segments of code;

presenting, by the system, the one or more suggested segments of code in the second portion of the user interface;

receiving, by the system, a touch input selecting a particular suggested segment of code; and

inserting, by the system, the selected suggested segment of code into the first portion of the user interface.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein presenting the one or more suggested segments of code comprises:

determining, by the system, that the one or more suggested segments of code exceed a particular length;

truncating, by the system, the one or more suggested segments of code; and

presenting, by the system, the truncated suggested segments of code in the second portion of the user interface.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the one or more sequences of instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further causes:

responsive to receiving the touch input selecting a particular suggested segment of code, determining, by the system based on the selected suggested segment of code, one or more additional suggested segments of code; and

presenting, by the system, the one or more additional suggested segments of code in the second portion of the user interface.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein the one or more character inputs and the one or more suggested segments of code share a common stem.

11. The system of claim 7, wherein the user interface is presented as a part of a lesson plan.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the one or more suggested segments of code are determined based on the education lesson plan.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including one or more sequences of instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, causes:

presenting, by a device, a user interface on a touch sensitive surface of the device, the user interface having a first portion for displaying a sequence of code and a second portion for displaying suggested segments of code;

receiving, by the device, one or more character inputs in the first portion of the user interface;

determining, by the device based on the one or more character inputs, one or more suggested segments of code;

presenting, by the device, the one or more suggested segments of code in the second portion of the user interface;

receiving, by the device, a touch input selecting a particular suggested segment of code; and

inserting, by the device, the selected suggested segment of code into the first portion of the user interface.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein presenting the one or more suggestion segments of code comprises:

determining, by the device, that the one or more suggested segments of code exceed a particular length;

truncating, by the device, the one or more suggested segments of code; and

presenting, by the device, the truncated suggested segments of code in the second portion of the user interface.

15. The computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the one or more sequences of instructions, when executed by one or more processors, further causes:

responsive to receiving the touch input selecting a particular suggested segment of code, determining, by the device based on the selected suggested segment of code, one or more additional suggested segments of code; and

presenting, by the device, the one or more additional suggested segments of code in the second portion of the user interface.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the one or more character inputs and the one or more suggested segments of code share a common stem.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the user interface is presented as a part of a lesson plan.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the one or more suggested segments of code are determined based on the education lesson plan.