Pervasive educational assistant and study aid for students
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1. A portable organizer device comprising:
- a housing sized to be hand-held;
a display within said housing sized to correspond to the palm of a hand; and
circuitry within said housing implementing;
a calendar database;
a communication link configured to access an assignment record on an institutional system, the assignment record describing an assignment characterized by an estimated duration or a completion date;
a user interface utilizing said display configured to receive a user schedule constraint;
a sensor responsive to a unique identifying signal from an identification tag attachable to an article and operable to emit said unique identifying signal; and
an agent configured to create a calendar entry for the accessed assignment record in response to the user schedule constraint, and the estimated duration or the completion date, and to initiate a notification on the user interface in response to said unique identifying signal.
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Abstract
A portable organizer device through which a student may use and maintain a personal calender. Further, a student may use the portable organizer to access assignment records maintained in a master calender used and maintained by an educational institution in a database, and synchronize the personal calendar with the master calender. The portable organizer may be further configured to facilitate the management of student equipment and activities.
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1. A portable organizer device comprising:
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a housing sized to be hand-held;
a display within said housing sized to correspond to the palm of a hand; and
circuitry within said housing implementing;
a calendar database;
a communication link configured to access an assignment record on an institutional system, the assignment record describing an assignment characterized by an estimated duration or a completion date;
a user interface utilizing said display configured to receive a user schedule constraint;
a sensor responsive to a unique identifying signal from an identification tag attachable to an article and operable to emit said unique identifying signal; and
an agent configured to create a calendar entry for the accessed assignment record in response to the user schedule constraint, and the estimated duration or the completion date, and to initiate a notification on the user interface in response to said unique identifying signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A portable organizer device comprising:
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a housing sized to be hand held;
a display in said housing sized to correspond to the palm of a hand; and
circuitry within said housing implementing;
a calendar database;
a communication link configured to access and assignment record on an institutional system, the assignment record describing an assignment characterized by a difficulty factor and an estimated duration or a completion date;
a user interface utilizing said display configured to receive a user schedule constraint;
a sensor responsive to a unique identifying signal from an identification tag attachable to an article and operable to emit said unique identifying signal; and
,an agent configured to create a calender entry for the accessed assignment record in response to the user schedule constraint, and the estimated duration or the completion date;
to initiate a notification on the user interface in response to said unique identifying signal; and
to monitor duration of completion of the assignment and to correspondingly adjust the stored difficulty factor.
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14. A method of updating a calendar database, comprising:
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providing a portable organizer comprising a housing sized to be hand held, a display in said housing sized to correspond to the palm of a hand, and circuitry within said housing, the portable organizer being used in;
accessing an assignment record on an institutional system, the assignment record describing an assignment characterized by an estimated duration or a completion date;
receiving a user schedule constraint utilizing said display;
sensing a unique identifying signal from an identification tag attachable to an article and operable to emit said unique identifying signal;
notifying a user in response to sensing said unique identifying signal, and creating a calendar entry for the accessed assignment record in response to the user schedule constraint, and the estimated duration or the completion date. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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18. An educational scheduling system, comprising:
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an institutional system containing an assignment record on an institutional system, the assignment record describing an assignment characterized by an estimated duration or a completion date; and
a portable organizer device comprising;
a housing sized to be hand held;
a display in said housing sized to correspond to the palm of a hand;
a sensor responsive to a unique identifying signal from an identification tag attachable to an article and operable to emit said unique identifying signal; and
circuitry in said housing implementing;
a calendar database;
a communication link configured to access the assignment record on the institutional system;
a user interface utilizing said display configured to receive a user schedule constraint and notify a user in response to sensing said unique identifying signal; and
an agent configured to create a calendar entry for the accessed assignment record in response to the user schedule constraint, and the estimated duration or the completion date. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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