Presenter selection support apparatus, presenter selection support system, and presenter selection support method

• US 9,761,149 B2
• Filed: 05/05/2014
• Issued: 09/12/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/12/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Mayumi, Hidehiko, tanaka, toshio, Kobayashi, Takeaki, Sakata, Kenji
• Primary Examiner(s): Hillery, Nathan
• Application Number:
  US14/269,554
• Publication Number:
  US 20140370483A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,226 Days
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/02 with visual presentation of the material to be studied, e.g. using film strip
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/06 with both visual and audible presentation of the material to be studied
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/02 of the type wherein the student is expected to construct an answer to the question which is presented or wherein the machine gives an answer to the question presented by a student

Abstract

A presenter selection support apparatus including: a display unit configured to display one or more opinions input from each of a plurality of terminals; a selection unit configured to select any one of opinions that belongs to a certain group based on a predetermined criterion when the certain group among at least one group formed by being classified from opinions displayed in the display unit is designated; and an instruction unit configured to instruct a terminal, in which an opinion other than the selected opinion is input, to display a screen in which each of a plurality of items related to relevancy to the selected opinion is selectable, wherein the predetermined criterion is a criterion used to specify any one terminal based on the number of times that one item among the plurality of items is selected in the past in each of the plurality of terminals.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a teacher terminal coupled to a presenter selection support device;

a plurality of student terminals, each comprising a user interface and coupled to the presenter selection support device;

a central display coupled to the presenter selection support device;

the presenter selection support device comprising;

a memory; and

a processor coupled to the memory and configured to;

receive a plurality of opinions from the plurality of student terminals,

display on the central display the plurality of opinions,

receive a selection of a first opinion from the teacher terminal, the first opinion having been selected from among the plurality of opinions,

identify on the central display a subgroup of opinions in a manner that visually distinguishes the subgroup of opinions from other opinions in the plurality of opinions, the subgroup comprising the first opinion and one or more other related opinions which relate to the first opinion,

identify, from among the subgroup of opinions, a second opinion for a first presentation by a user at a corresponding student terminal, based on a history of presentations of the user, the history of presentations being a number of times the user has chosen not to make a presentation,

identify the second opinion on the central display in a manner that visually distinguishes the second opinion from the other opinions in the subgroup of opinions,

generate a display window in the user interface at each of the student terminals associated with users that input the opinions in the subgroup of opinions other than the second opinion, the display window in the user interface presenting at least a first user-selectable item for allowing the users to request a supplemental presentation after the first presentation,

when the supplemental presentation is requested, identify on the central display a third opinion corresponding to another user requesting the supplemental presentation, by displaying an auxiliary display window displaying an indication of the request of the supplemental presentation, and

when the supplemental presentation is not requested, update the history of presentations associated with each user declining the supplemental presentation.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein in identifying the second opinion on the central display, the processor is configured to display the second opinion in an enlarged scale relative to the display of the other opinions in the plurality of opinions.

4. The system according to claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to display the auxiliary display window in an obstructed portion of an area of the central display displaying the third opinion.

5. The system according to claim 1, wherein in identifying the second opinion for the first presentation, the processor is configured to identify from among the subgroup of opinions an opinion corresponding to the user who has chosen not to make a presentation the highest number of times.

6. The system according to claim 1, wherein when the supplemental presentation is not requested, the processor is configured to update the history of presentations associated with each user declining the supplemental presentation by increasing the number of times each user has chosen not to make a presentation.

2. A presenter selection support method executed by a processor, the presenter selection support method comprising:

receiving a plurality of opinions from a plurality of student terminals;

displaying on a central display the plurality of opinions;

receiving a selection of a first opinion from a teacher terminal, the first opinion having been selected from among the plurality of opinions;

identifying on the central display a subgroup of opinions in a manner that visually distinguishes the subgroup of opinions from other opinions in the plurality of opinions, the subgroup comprising the first opinion and one or more other related opinions which relate to the first opinion;

identifying, from among the subgroup of opinions, a second opinion for a first presentation by a user at a corresponding student terminal, based on a history of presentations of the user, the history of presentations being a number of times the user has chosen not to make a presentation;

identifying the second opinion on the central display in a manner that visually distinguishes the second opinion from the other opinions in the subgroup of opinions;

generating a display window in a user interface at each of the student terminals associated with users that input the opinions in the subgroup of opinions other than the second opinion, the display window in the user interface presenting at least a first user-selectable item for allowing the users to request a supplemental presentation after the first presentation;

when the supplemental presentation is requested, identifying on the central display a third opinion corresponding to another user requesting the supplemental presentation, by displaying an auxiliary display window displaying an indication of the request of the supplemental presentation; and

when the supplemental presentation is not requested, updating the history of presentations associated with each user declining the supplemental presentation.

7. A system comprising:

a teacher terminal coupled to a presenter selection support device;

a plurality of student terminals each comprising a user interface and coupled to the presenter selection support device;

a central display coupled to the presenter selection support device;

the presenter selection support device comprising;

a memory; and

a processor coupled to the memory and configured to;

receive a plurality of opinions from a plurality of student terminals;

display on the central display the plurality of opinions;

receive a selection of a first opinion from the teacher terminal, the first opinion having been selected from among the plurality of opinions;

identify on the central display a subgroup of opinions in a manner that visually distinguishes the subgroup of opinions from other opinions in the plurality of opinions, the subgroup comprising the first opinion and one or more other related opinions which relate to the first opinion;

identify, from among the subgroup of opinions, a second opinion for a first presentation by a user at a corresponding student terminal, based on a history of presentations of the user, the history of presentations being a number of times the user has chosen not to make a presentation;

identify the second opinion on the central display in a manner that visually distinguishes the second opinion from the other opinions in the subgroup of opinions;

generate a display window in a user interface at each of the student terminals associated with users that input the opinions in the subgroup of opinions other than the second opinion, the display window in the user interface presenting at least a first user-selectable item for allowing the users to request a supplemental presentation after the first presentation;

when the supplemental presentation is requested, identify on the central display a third opinion in a manner that visually distinguishes the third opinion from other opinions of other users declining the supplemental presentation, the third opinion corresponding to another user requesting the supplemental presentation; and

when the supplemental presentation is not requested, update the history of presentations associated with each user declining the supplemental presentation.