System and method for providing learning material
First Claim
1. A method of providing learning material comprising the steps of:
- establishing a learning profile for a user, the learning profile storing user learning proclivities;
locating potential learning material from material gleaned from an Internet site;
obtaining data from the Internet site regarding content characteristics of the located potential learning material;
identifying learning material for the user by correlating the obtained data from the Internet site regarding the content characteristics of the located potential learning material with the learning proclivities of the learning profile of the user; and
providing the identified learning material to the user.
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Abstract
A system and method provides content or material such as educational, informational, or learning content from existing and/or third party content on a network such as the Internet and disseminates the content via the network to a user by correlating the culled content to a user'"'"'s learning profile. The system preferably pushes the content to the user after correlation of content to the user'"'"'s learning profile. The user'"'"'s learning profile includes data regarding a user'"'"'s learning proclivities and/or preferences of a user'"'"'s learning profile. The system scans and/or searches the Internet for the existing content. The system stores data about the scanned content particularly with respect to the content itself and relative to the classifications, categories, and/or categorization of learning proclivities and/or preferences. Particularly, the system stores data regarding the elements and/or characteristics of the content with respect to the learning proclivities and/or preferences. Subject matter content is then provided as per a curriculum and/or learning chain. The learning profile also maintains data regarding learning chain progression with regard to a curriculum. Preferably, but not necessarily, the content data and learning profile are in the form of an object model and, particularly, as metadata.
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21 Claims
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1. A method of providing learning material comprising the steps of:
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establishing a learning profile for a user, the learning profile storing user learning proclivities; locating potential learning material from material gleaned from an Internet site; obtaining data from the Internet site regarding content characteristics of the located potential learning material; identifying learning material for the user by correlating the obtained data from the Internet site regarding the content characteristics of the located potential learning material with the learning proclivities of the learning profile of the user; and providing the identified learning material to the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for providing learning material to a user via the Internet comprising:
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means for scanning Internet sites for potential learning material; means for obtaining data regarding content attributes of the scanned potential learning material from the Internet site having the scanned potential learning material; means for storing the obtained data regarding content attributes of the scanned potential learning material; means for correlating the stored obtained data regarding content attributes of the scanned potential learning material with learning proclivities of a learning profile of a user; and means for providing selective learning material from the scanned potential learning material based on correlation factors between the obtained data regarding content attributes of the potential learning material and the learning proclivities of the learning profile of the user. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of providing learning material for dissemination to a student, comprising the steps of:
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scanning a network having a plurality of data sites, each data site having content; determining attributes of the scanned content from its data site; storing data regarding the determined attributes of the scanned content; identifying learning material for the user from the scanned content by correlating the stored data regarding the attributes of the scanned content with learning proclivities of a user stored in a learning profile of the user; and providing the identified learning material to the user. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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