System method and article of manufacture for a goal based system utilizing an activity table

• US 6,016,486 A
• Filed: 12/22/1998
• Issued: 01/18/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited (Accenture PLC)
• Original Assignee: AC Properties B.V.
• Inventors: Nichols, Mark Stewart
• Primary Examiner(s): Hafiz, Tariq R.
• Assistant Examiner(s): STARKS, WILBERT L
• Application Number:
  US09/218,968
• Time in Patent Office: 392 Days
• Field of Search: 705/40, 406/11, 406/47, 434/118
• US Class Current: 706/47
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/102 Bill distribution or payments
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/04 characterised by modifying the teaching programme in response to a wrong answer, e.g. repeating the question, supplying a further explanation

Abstract

A system is disclosed that provides a goal based learning system utilizing a rule based expert training system to provide a cognitive educational experience. The system provides the user with a simulated environment that presents a business opportunity to understand and solve optimally. Mistakes are noted and remedial educational material presented dynamically to build the necessary skills that a user requires for success in the business endeavor. The system utilizes an artificial intelligence engine driving individualized and dynamic feedback with synchronized video and graphics used to simulate real-world environment and interactions. Multiple "correct" answers are integrated into the learning system to allow individualized learning experiences in which navigation through the system is at a pace controlled by the learner. A robust business model provides support for realistic activities and allows a user to experience real world consequences for their actions and decisions and entails realtime decision-making and synthesis of the educational material. The system is architected around a linked list activity table utilized to manage and control the system.

Claims

1. A method for creating a presentation, comprising the steps of:

(a) receiving information indicative of a goal;

(b) integrating information that motivates accomplishment of the goal for use in the presentation;

(c) managing information flow utilizing a linked list; and

(d) evaluating progress toward the goal and providing feedback that further motivates accomplishment of the goal.

2. A method for creating a presentation as recited in claim 1, wherein the linked list contains a linkage to a next presentation area.

3. A method for creating a presentation as recited in claim 1, wherein the linked list contains a linkage to the previous presentation area.

4. A method for creating a presentation as recited in claim 1, including the step of storing authorization information based on measured progress of a student.

5. A method for creating a presentation as recited in claim 1, including the step of allowing controlling the presentation based on the progress of a student.

6. A method for creating a presentation as recited in claim 1, including the step of querying an activity table to determine whether a student may progress in a presentation.

7. A method for creating a presentation as recited in claim 1, including the step of querying a task table to determine whether a student may progress in a presentation.

8. A method for creating a presentation as recited in claim 1, including the step of storing a list of activity names as a dimension of the linked list.

9. A method for creating a presentation as recited in claim 1, including the step of storing a current location for one or more students that tracks the one or more students progress in the presentation.

10. An apparatus that creates a presentation, comprising;

(a) a processor;

(b) a memory that stores information under the control of the processor;

(c) logic that integrates information that motivates accomplishment of the goal for use in the presentation;

(d) logic that manages information flow utilizing a linked list; and

(e) logic that evaluates progress toward the goal.

11. A computer program embodied on a computer-readable medium that creates a presentation, comprising:

(a) a code segment that integrates information that motivates accomplishment of the goal for use in the presentation;

(b) a code segment that integrates information that motivates accomplishment of the goal for use in the presentation;

(c) a code segment that manages information flow utilizing a linked list; and

(d) a code segment that evaluates progress toward the goal and provides feedback that further motivates accomplishment of the goal.

12. A computer program embodied on a computer-readable medium as recited in claim 11, wherein the linked list contains a linkage to a next presentation area.

13. A computer program embodied on a computer-readable medium as recited in claim 11, wherein the linked list contains a linkage to the previous presentation area.

14. A computer program embodied on a computer-readable medium as recited in claim 11, including a code segment that stores authorization information based on measured progress of a student.

15. A computer program embodied on a computer-readable medium as recited in claim 11, including a code segment that controls the presentation based on the progress of a student.

16. A computer program embodied on a computer-readable medium as recited in claim 11, including a code segment that queries an activity table to determine whether a student may progress in a presentation.

17. A computer program embodied on a computer-readable medium as recited in claim 11, including a code segment that queries a task table to determine whether a student may progress in a presentation.

18. A computer program embodied on a computer-readable medium as recited in claim 11, including a code segment that stores a list of activity names as a dimension of the linked list.

19. A computer program embodied on a computer-readable medium as recited in claim 11, including a code segment that stores a current location for one or more students that tracks the one or more students progress in the presentation.