System and method for generating 'snapshot's of learning objects

• US 7,930,298 B2
• Filed: 12/27/2007
• Issued: 04/19/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/27/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Institute For Information Industry
• Original Assignee: Institute For Information Industry
• Inventors: Ku, Tsun, Chen, Yi-Chi, Yang, Chien-Huei
• Primary Examiner(s): Breene; John
• Assistant Examiner(s): Bullock; Joshua
• Application Number:
  US12/005,375
• Publication Number:
  US 20090138442A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,209 Days
• Field of Search: 707/721
• US Class Current: 707/721
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/00 Electrically-operated educational appliances working with questions and answers G09B7/00; simulators G09B9/00; advertising or displaying in general G09F

Abstract

A system for generating a ‘snapshot’ of a learning object is provided. An interface receives a target object and a user identification number. The target object corresponds to a category, comprising a plurality of sentences and multimedia data, wherein the sentences comprise at least one keyword. A learning object database comprises a plurality of learning objects and a user'"'"'s historical learning record. Each of the learning objects corresponds to at least one category, and comprises at least one keyword. The user'"'"'s historical learning record comprises a track record of learning objects used corresponding to the user identification number. A script preview unit selects at least one of the sentences of the target object according to the user'"'"'s historical learning record corresponding to the user identification number. A multimedia preview unit selects one of the multimedia data of the target object, wherein the selected multimedia data is highly related to the selected sentence. A ‘snapshot’ generator generates a ‘snapshot’ of the target object by combining the selected sentence and the selected multimedia data, and directs a display device to display the ‘snapshot’.

Claims

1. A system for generating a ‘

snapshot’

of a learning object, comprising;

an interface, receiving;

a target object, corresponding to a category, comprising a plurality of sentences and multimedia data, wherein the sentences comprise at least one target object keyword; and

a user identification number;

a learning object database, comprising;

a plurality of learning objects, wherein each of the learning objects corresponds to at least one category and comprises at least one learning object keyword;

a user'"'"'s historical learning record, comprising a track record of learning objects used corresponding to the user identification number; and

a user keyword input by a user;

a script preview unit, selecting at least one of the sentences of the target object as a preview sentence according to the user'"'"'s historical learning record corresponding to the user identification number, the script preview unit performing steps of;

calculating the amount of information contained in the plurality of sentences of the target object;

which includes;

calculating a relationship matrix of the plurality of sentences in the target object, wherein the relationship matrix comprises a relationship value for each pair of the plurality of sentences; and

calculating a sum of the relationship values of each of the plurality of sentences and other sentences of the plurality of sentences as a value specifying the amount of information thereof;

selecting at least one pertinent keyword relating to the target object from the plurality of learning objects according to the user'"'"'s historical learning record corresponding to the user identification number; and

selecting the sentence, among the plurality of sentences, that contains the largest amount of information and the user keyword or the pertinent keyword as the preview sentence;

a multimedia preview unit, selecting one of the multimedia data of the target object as a preview multimedia data, wherein the selected multimedia data is highly related to the selected sentence; and

a ‘

snapshot’

generator, generating a ‘

snapshot’

of the target object by combining the preview sentence and the preview multimedia data, and directing a display device to display the ‘

snapshot’

.

2. The system for generating a ‘

snapshot’

of a learning object of claim 1, wherein the script preview unit further calculates the relationship value of each pair of the plurality of sentences according to the following equation;

3. The system for generating a ‘

snapshot’

of a learning object of claim 1, wherein the script preview unit further performs the following steps when selecting at least one pertinent keyword relating to the target object from the plurality of learning objects;

(A) selecting the learning objects which have the category identical with the target object, and have been used by a user identified by the user identification number, from the plurality of learning objects according to the user'"'"'s historical learning record;

(B) selecting the learning object comprising the target object keyword from the learning objects selected in step (A);

(C) searching for the learning object keyword comprised in the learning objects selected in step (B), and selecting the learning object keyword that is not comprised in the target object as the pertinent keyword.

4. The system for generating a ‘

snapshot’

of a learning object of claim 1, wherein the multimedia preview unit further performs steps of;

calculating a multimedia distance matrix by calculating a distance between each multimedia data and each of the sentences within the target object; and

calculating a multimedia relationship matrix by calculating a relationship between each of the multimedia data and each of the sentences within the target object to locate the multimedia data at the shortest distance from the preview sentence.

5. The system for generating a ‘

snapshot’

of a learning object of claim 4, wherein the multimedia preview unit further performs the following steps when calculating the relationship between each of the multimedia data and each of the sentences within the target object;

calculating the relationship value of each pair of the sentences of the target object; and

dividing the relationship value by the distance between each of the multimedia data and each of the sentences within the target object to obtain the relationship between each of the multimedia data and each of the sentences within the target object.

6. The system for generating a ‘

snapshot’

of a learning object of claim 5, wherein the multimedia preview unit calculates the relationship between each of the multimedia data and each of the sentences within the target object according to the following equation;

7. A method for generating a ‘

snapshot’

of a learning object, comprising;

receiving a target object corresponding to a category, wherein the target object comprises a plurality of sentences and multimedia data, and the sentences comprise at least one target object keyword;

receiving a user identification number;

providing a learning object database, comprising;

a plurality of learning objects, wherein each of the learning objects corresponds to at least one category and comprises at least one learning object keyword; and

a user'"'"'s historical learning record comprising a track record of learning objects used corresponding to the user identification number;

selecting at least one of the sentences of the target object as a preview sentence according to the user'"'"'s historical learning record corresponding to the user identification number;

selecting one of the multimedia data of the target object as a preview multimedia data, wherein the selected multimedia data is highly related to the selected sentence;

generating a ‘

snapshot’

of the target object by combining the preview sentence and the preview multimedia data, and displaying the ‘

snapshot’

;

receiving a user keyword input by a user;

calculating the amount of information contained in the plurality of sentences of the target object, further comprises;

calculating a relationship matrix of the plurality of sentences in the target object, wherein the relationship matrix comprises a relationship value for each pair of the plurality of sentences; and

calculating a sum of the relationship values of each of the plurality of sentences and other sentences of the plurality of sentences as a value specifying the amount of information thereof;

selecting at least one pertinent keyword relating to the target object from the plurality of learning objects according to the user'"'"'s historical learning record corresponding to the user identification number; and

selecting the sentence, among the plurality of sentences, that contain the largest amount of information and contain the user keyword or the pertinent keyword as the preview sentence.

8. The method for generating a ‘

snapshot’

of a learning object claim 7, wherein the relationship value of each pair of the plurality of sentences is calculated according to the following equation;

9. The method for generating a ‘

snapshot’

of a learning object of claim 7, wherein the step of selecting at least one pertinent keyword relating to the target object from the plurality of learning objects further comprises;

(A) selecting the learning objects, which have the category identical with the target object, and have been used by a user identified by the user identification number, from the plurality of learning objects according to the user'"'"'s historical learning record;

(B) selecting the learning object comprising the target object keyword from the learning objects selected in step (A);

(C) searching for the learning object keyword comprised in the learning objects selected in step (B), and selecting the learning object keyword that is not comprised in the target object as the pertinent keyword.

10. The method for generating a ‘

snapshot’

of a learning object of claim 7, further comprising;

calculating a multimedia distance matrix by calculating a distance between each multimedia data and each of the sentences within the target object; and

calculating a multimedia relationship matrix by calculating a relationship between each of the multimedia data and each of the sentences within the target object to locate the multimedia data at the shortest distance from the preview sentence.

11. The method for generating a ‘

snapshot’

of a learning object of claim 10, wherein the step of calculating the relationship between each of the multimedia data and each of the sentences within the target object further comprises;

calculating the relationship value of each pair of the sentences of the target object; and

dividing the relationship value by the distance between each of the multimedia data and each of the sentences within the target object to obtain the relationship between each of the multimedia data and each of the sentences within the target object.

12. The method for generating a ‘

snapshot’

of a learning object of claim 11, wherein the relationship between each of the multimedia data and each of the sentences within the target object is calculated according to the following equation;