Customizing application usability with 3D input

• US 9,691,293 B2
• Filed: 07/09/2014
• Issued: 06/27/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/09/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Pearson Education Incorporated (Pearson plc)
• Original Assignee: Pearson Education Incorporated (Pearson plc)
• Inventors: Arnold, Brent Douglas, Hunt, Darvell Dean, Figueroa, Amanda Luisa, Peterson, CrisAnn
• Primary Examiner(s): Eisen, Alexander
• Assistant Examiner(s): ALMEIDA, CORY A
• Application Number:
  US14/327,387
• Publication Number:
  US 20160012740A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,084 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 21/00 Teaching, or communicating with, the blind, deaf or mute audible presentation of material to be studied G09B5/04; devices or methods for replacing direct visual or auditory perception by another kind of perception A61F9/08, A61F11/04; audible indication of meter readings or of colour G01D7/12; watches for blind persons G04B25/02; speech analysis, speech recognition G10L; sound-recording or reproducing, per se G11B
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/06 with both visual and audible presentation of the material to be studied
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/12 different stations being capable of presenting different information simultaneously G09B5/14 takes precedence

Abstract

Generally, embodiments of the disclosure are directed to methods, computer-readable medium, servers, and systems for providing customized instructional content through an application using three-dimensional input and providing feedback from an interaction with the instructional content.

Claims

1. A computing device for providing customized instructional content through an application using three-dimensional input, the computing device comprising:

a processor; and

a memory device including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to;

receive a first profile, wherein;

the first profile is associated with a plurality of users,

the first profile comprises a plurality of commands associated with the three-dimensional input,

the plurality of commands includes a first command and a second command, and

the plurality of commands interact with the instructional content;

receive the three-dimensional input, wherein;

the three-dimensional input is provided by an appendage of a user,

the appendage of the user moves in a three-dimensional space to generate the three-dimensional input, and

the movement includes a start of the movement by the appendage and an end of the movement by the appendage;

determine that the three-dimensional input corresponds with the first command;

generate a second profile for the user, wherein;

at least one of the commands from the plurality of commands associated with the first profile is also associated with the second profile,

the second profile corresponds with the user, and

the three-dimensional input replaces information in the second profile that was originally associated with the first command in the first profile;

receive a second three-dimensional input, wherein the first profile or the second profile comprises a duration of time for the user to attempt to provide the three-dimensional input or the second three-dimensional input;

determine that the second three-dimensional input is from the user; and

initiate the first command on the application according to the second profile for the user.

2. The computing device for providing customized instructional content using the three-dimensional input of claim 1, wherein a speed for providing the instructional content is reduced based on performance of the user identified in the second profile.

3. The computing device for providing customized instructional content using the three-dimensional input of claim 1, wherein a duration for providing customized instructional content through the application using the three-dimensional input is increased based on performance of the user identified in the second profile.

4. The computing device for providing customized instructional content using the three-dimensional input of claim 1, wherein the first profile is a default profile and the second profile is a customized profile.

5. The computing device for providing customized instructional content using the three-dimensional input of claim 1, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to:

receive a third three-dimensional input, wherein;

the third three-dimensional input includes a plurality of movements, and

the plurality of movements include input from entities other than the user;

filter the plurality of movements from the third three-dimensional input based on a threshold;

determine that the filtered third three-dimensional input corresponds with the second command; and

initiate the second command on the application that corresponds with the filtered third three-dimensional input.

6. The computing device for providing customized instructional content using the three-dimensional input of claim 1, wherein the three-dimensional input is received from a second computing device.

7. The computing device for providing customized instructional content using the three-dimensional input of claim 1, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to:

prompt the user to provide the three-dimensional input.

8. The computing device for providing customized instructional content using the three-dimensional input of claim 1, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to:

authenticate the user using an attribute of the user associated with the second profile, wherein the attribute is used to determine that the second three-dimensional input is from the user.

9. The computing device for providing customized instructional content using the three-dimensional input of claim 8, wherein the attribute is a physical attribute of the user that is identified by the computing device.

10. The computing device for providing customized instructional content using the three-dimensional input of claim 8, wherein the attribute is stored with the second profile.

11. The computing device for providing customized instructional content using the three-dimensional input of claim 1, wherein the processor is further caused to:

present the instructional content prior to receiving the three-dimensional input and the second three-dimensional input.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations for providing customized instructional content through an application using three-dimensional input, the operations comprising:

receiving a first profile, wherein;

the first profile is associated with a plurality of users,

the first profile comprises a plurality of commands associated with the three-dimensional input,

the plurality of commands includes a first command and a second command, and

the plurality of commands interact with the instructional content;

receiving the three-dimensional input, wherein;

the three-dimensional input is provided by an appendage of a user,

the appendage of the user moves in a three-dimensional space to generate the three-dimensional input, and

the movement includes a start of the movement by the appendage and an end of the movement by the appendage;

determining that the three-dimensional input corresponds with the first command;

generating a second profile for the user, wherein;

at least one of the commands from the plurality of commands associated with the first profile is also associated with the second profile,

the second profile corresponds with the user, and

the three-dimensional input replaces information in the second profile that was originally associated with the first command in the first profile;

receiving a second three-dimensional input, wherein the first profile or the second profile comprises a duration of time for the user to attempt to provide the three-dimensional input or the second three-dimensional input;

determining that the second three-dimensional input is from the user; and

initiating the first command on the application according to the second profile for the user instead of the first profile.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations for providing customized instructional content through the application using three-dimensional input of claim 12, wherein a speed for providing the instructional content is reduced based on the second profile.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations for providing customized instructional content through the application using three-dimensional input of claim 12, wherein a duration for providing customized instructional content through the application using the three-dimensional input is increased based on the second profile.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations for providing customized instructional content through the application using three-dimensional input of claim 12, wherein the first profile is a default profile and the second profile is a customized profile.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations for providing customized instructional content through the application using three-dimensional input of claim 12, the operations further comprising:

receiving a third three-dimensional input, wherein;

the third three-dimensional input includes a plurality of movements, and

the plurality of movements include input from entities other than the user;

filtering the plurality of movements from the third three-dimensional input based on a threshold;

determining that the filtered third three-dimensional input corresponds with the second command; and

initiating the second command on the application that corresponds with the filtered third three-dimensional input.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations for providing customized instructional content through the application using three-dimensional input of claim 12, wherein the three-dimensional input is received from a second computing device.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations for providing customized instructional content through the application using three-dimensional input of claim 12, the operations further comprising:

prompting the user to provide the three-dimensional input.

19. A computer-implemented method of providing customized instructional content through an application using three-dimensional input, the method comprising:

receiving a first profile, wherein;

the first profile is associated with a plurality of users,

the first profile comprises a plurality of commands associated with the three-dimensional input,

the plurality of commands includes a first command and a second command, and

the plurality of commands interact with the instructional content;

receiving the three-dimensional input, wherein;

the three-dimensional input is provided by an appendage of a user,

the appendage of the user moves in a three-dimensional space to generate the three-dimensional input, and

the movement includes a start of the movement by the appendage and an end of the movement by the appendage;

determining that the three-dimensional input corresponds with the first command;

generating a second profile for the user, wherein;

at least one of the commands from the plurality of commands associated with the first profile is also associated with the second profile,

the second profile corresponds with the user, and

the three-dimensional input replaces information in the second profile that was originally associated with the first command in the first profile;

receiving a second three-dimensional input, wherein the first profile or the second profile comprises a duration of time for the user to attempt to provide the three-dimensional input or the second three-dimensional input;

determining that the second three-dimensional input is from the user; and

initiating the first command on the application according to the second profile for the user instead of the first profile.

20. The computer-implemented method of providing customized instructional content through the application using three-dimensional input of claim 19, wherein a speed for providing the instructional content is reduced based on the second profile.

21. The computer-implemented method of providing customized instructional content through the application using three-dimensional input of claim 19, wherein pg,41 a duration for providing customized instructional content through the application using the three-dimensional input is increased based on the second profile.

22. The computer-implemented method of providing customized instructional content through the application using three-dimensional input of claim 19, wherein the first profile is a default profile and the second profile is a customized profile.

23. The computer-implemented method of providing customized instructional content through the application using three-dimensional input of claim 19, the method further comprising:

receiving a third three-dimensional input, wherein;

the third three-dimensional input includes a plurality of movements, and

the plurality of movements include input from entities other than the user;

filtering the plurality of movements from the third three-dimensional input based on a threshold;

determining that the filtered third three-dimensional input corresponds with the second command; and

initiating the second command on the application that corresponds with the filtered third three-dimensional input.

24. The computer-implemented method of providing customized instructional content through the application using three-dimensional input of claim 19, wherein the three-dimensional input is received from a second computing device.