Method for presenting most suitable question and apparatus for presenting most suitable question

• US 6,755,662 B2
• Filed: 11/06/2002
• Issued: 06/29/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Takeda, Norio, Fujino, Akio, Ozawa, Hitoshi, Kuzumaki, Hiroshi, Kamikawa, Shunichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Rovnak, John Edmund
• Application Number:
  US10/288,497
• Publication Number:
  US 20030186206A1
• Time in Patent Office: 601 Days
• Field of Search: 434/322, 434/323, 434/350, 434/362
• US Class Current: 434/322
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/00 Electrically-operated teaching apparatus or devices working with questions and answers mechanically operated G09B3/00; computing arrangements G06F

Abstract

In a method for presenting questions by a host computer receiving questions from users, a question most suitable to an user can be presented. In an education system wherein plurality of students'"'"' personal computers PC are connected to an education center through a network, at the time of the FAQ search from a student, a plurality of FAQ questions are presented in the order appropriate to the student, by matching the FAQ level and FAQ keywords to the student'"'"'s level and the keywords learned by the student. The student can easily select a question compatible with his/her own question, from the presented questions.

Claims

1. A method for presenting a most suitable question by a host computer receiving a question from a user, wherein the host computer comprises:

a receiving step for receiving a question search request information from a student'"'"'s terminal,

a retrieving step for retrieving a question, which matches to a keyword contained in the question search request information, from a question storing means for storing plurality of questions,

a sorting step for sorting the questions retrieved at the retrieving step in accordance with a student'"'"'s level of the student specified by the question search request information, and

a transmitting step for transmitting the questions sorted in the sorting step to the student'"'"'s terminal.

2. A method for presenting a most suitable question according to claim 1, wherein the question storing means stores each question with a referrer'"'"'s level of the question, and

the sorting step sorts the questions retrieved in the retrieving step in the order from the question whose referrer'"'"'s level is the same level as the student'"'"'s level of the student specified in the question search request information.

3. A program product for presenting a most suitable question, wherein it operates the steps, using a computer, comprising:

a receiving step for receiving a question search request information from a student'"'"'s terminal,

a retrieving step for retrieving a question, which matches to a keyword contained in the question search request information, from a question storing means for storing a plurality of questions,

a sorting step for sorting the questions retrieved at the retrieving step in accordance with a student'"'"'s level of the student specified by the question search request information, and

a transmitting step for transmitting the questions sorted in the sorting step to the student'"'"'s terminal.

4. A computer-readable recording medium which records therein a program for presenting a most suitable question by which a computer operates the steps comprising:

a receiving step for receiving a question search request information from a student'"'"'s terminal,

a retrieving step for retrieving a question, which matches to a keyword contained in the question search request information, from a question storing means for storing plurality of questions,

a sorting step for sorting the questions retrieved at the retrieving step in accordance with a student'"'"'s level of the student specified by the question search request information, and

a transmitting step for transmitting the questions sorted in the sorting step to the student'"'"'s terminal.

5. An apparatus for presenting a most suitable question comprising:

a receiving means for receiving a question search request information from a student'"'"'s terminal,

a retrieving means for retrieving a question, which matches to a keyword contained in the question search request information, from a question storing means for storing plurality of questions,

a sorting means for sorting the questions retrieved by the retrieving means in accordance with a student'"'"'s level of the student specified by the question search request information, and

a transmitting means for transmitting the questions sorted by the sorting means to the student'"'"'s terminal.