Education proximity services

• US 9,843,896 B1
• Filed: 08/29/2016
• Issued: 12/12/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/07/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microstrategy Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Microstrategy Incorporated
• Inventors: Reyes, Benjamin, Owen, Hugh, de la Garza, Jose Nocedal
• Primary Examiner(s): Vo, Don N
• Application Number:
  US15/250,396
• Time in Patent Office: 470 Days
• Field of Search: 455456
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/205 Education administration or guidance
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences

Abstract

Method, systems, and computer-readable media for receiving, from an application instance operating on a client device, education information that indicates a client device identifier, a wireless proximity beacon identifier, and a proximity of the identified client device to the identified wireless proximity beacon. From the received education information, a determination is made whether the proximity of the identified client device to the identified wireless proximity beacon satisfies a threshold proximity. Based at least on the determination, an action is determined that the application instance operating on the identified client device is permitted to perform while the proximity of the identified client device to the identified wireless proximity beacon satisfies the threshold proximity. Education information is transmitted to the identified client device that enables the application instance operating on the identified client device to perform the action.

Claims

1. A method performed by one or more processors comprising:

receiving, from an application instance operating on a client device, educational information indicating (i) a student identifier corresponding to a student associated with the client device, (ii) a beacon identifier associated with a wireless proximity beacon that is associated with a physical location within an educational property, and (iii) a proximity of the client device to the wireless proximity beacon associated with the beacon identifier;

determining that the proximity of the client device to the wireless proximity beacon satisfies a threshold proximity;

based at least on (i) receiving the student identifier corresponding to the student associated with the client device, and (ii) determining that the proximity of the client device to the wireless proximity beacon satisfies the threshold proximity, determining an action that the application instance operating on the client device is permitted to perform while the proximity of the client device to the wireless proximity beacon satisfies the threshold proximity; and

transmitting, to the client device, data enabling the client device to provide, for output at the client device, a representation of a credential that enables the application instance operating on the client device to perform the action.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, comprising:

receiving a student profile indicating (i) one or more classes in which the student associated with the client device is enrolled, (ii) a schedule specifying a location and a meeting time for each of the one or more classes in which the student associated with the client device is enrolled, and (iii) one or more extracurricular activities for which the student associated with the client device is signed up.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, comprising:

determining, based at least on (i) the physical location within the educational property associated with the wireless proximity beacon, and (ii) the proximity of the client device to the wireless proximity beacon, an estimated physical location of the student associated with the client device within the educational property.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3, comprising:

determining a current expected physical location of the student associated with the client device based at least on a current time and the schedule specifying the location and the meeting time for each of the one or more classes in which the student associated with the client device is enrolled.

5. The computer-implemented method claim 4, comprising:

comparing the estimated physical location of the student associated with the client device and the current expected physical location of the student associated with the client device;

based at least on comparing the estimated physical location of the student associated with the client device and the current expected physical location of the student associated with the client device, determining a proximity of the estimated physical location of the student associated with the client device to the expected physical location of the student associated with the client device;

determining that the proximity of the estimated physical location of the student associated with the client device to the expected physical location of the student associated with the client device does not satisfy a threshold value; and

based at least on determining that the proximity of the estimated physical location of the student associated with the client device to the expected physical location of the student associated with the client device does not satisfy the threshold value, determining that the student associated with the client device is absent from a particular class of the one or more classes in which the student associated with the client device is enrolled.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the wireless proximity beacon that is associated with the physical location within the property is a wireless proximity beacon that is associated with a physical location where an extracurricular event is scheduled to take place, and

determining that the proximity of the client device to the wireless proximity beacon satisfies the threshold proximity comprises determining that the client device is proximate to the physical location where the extracurricular event is scheduled to take place.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 6, comprising:

determining, based at least on determining that the client device is proximate to the physical location where the extracurricular event is scheduled to take place, that the student associated with the client device is present in the physical location where the extracurricular event is scheduled to take place; and

in response to determining that the student associated with the client device is present in the physical location where the extracurricular event is scheduled to take place, increasing a value corresponding to an amount of individuals present in the physical location where the extracurricular event is scheduled to take place.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, comprising:

receiving, from each of one or more application instances that operate on one or more client devices, each application instance operating on a different client device, information indicating (i) a student identifier corresponding to a particular student associated with a particular one of the one or more client devices, (ii) a beacon identifier associated with a particular wireless proximity beacon that is associated with a particular physical location within the educational property, and (iii) a proximity of the particular client device to the particular wireless proximity beacon associated with the beacon identifier; and

determining, based on the information received from each of the one or more application instances, a number of the one or more client devices located in each of one or more regions that are defined within the educational property.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, comprising:

determining, based at least on the number of the one or more client devices located in each of the one or more regions that are defined within the educational property, one or more event attendances that each indicate a number of the one or more client devices per unit area within a particular one of the one or more of the regions that are defined within the educational property.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, comprising:

determining a document to provide for output at a display of the client device, wherein the document is identified as relevant to the physical location within the educational property associated with the wireless proximity beacon; and

transmitting, to the client device, information that enables the application instance operating on the client device to provide the document for output at the display of the client device.

11. A system comprising:

one or more processing elements; and

non-transitory computer-readable storage media storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processing elements, cause the system to;

receiving, from an application instance operating on a client device, educational information indicating (i) a student identifier corresponding to a student associated with the client device, (ii) a beacon identifier associated with a wireless proximity beacon that is associated with a physical location within an educational property, and (iii) a proximity of the client device to the wireless proximity beacon associated with the beacon identifier;

determining that the proximity of the client device to the wireless proximity beacon satisfies a threshold proximity;

based at least on (i) receiving the student identifier corresponding to the student associated with the client device, and (ii) determining that the proximity of the client device to the wireless proximity beacon satisfies the threshold proximity, determining an action that the application instance operating on the client device is permitted to perform while the proximity of the client device to the wireless proximity beacon satisfies the threshold proximity; and

transmitting, to the client device, data enabling the client device to provide, for output at the client device, a representation of a credential that enables the application instance operating on the client device to perform the action.

12. The system of claim 11, comprising:

receiving a student profile indicating (i) one or more classes in which the student associated with the client device is enrolled, (ii) a schedule specifying a location and a meeting time for each of the one or more classes in which the student associated with the client device is enrolled, and (iii) one or more extracurricular activities for which the student associated with the client device is signed up.

13. The system of claim 12, comprising:

determining, based at least on (i) the physical location within the educational property associated with the wireless proximity beacon, and (ii) the proximity of the client device to the wireless proximity beacon, an estimated physical location of the student associated with the client device within the educational property.

14. The system of claim 13, comprising:

determining a current expected physical location of the student associated with the client device based at least on a current time and the schedule specifying the location and the meeting time for each of the one or more classes in which the student associated with the client device is enrolled.

15. The system claim 14, comprising:

comparing the estimated physical location of the student associated with the client device and the current expected physical location of the student associated with the client device;

based at least on comparing the estimated physical location of the student associated with the client device and the current expected physical location of the student associated with the client device, determining a proximity of the estimated physical location of the student associated with the client device to the expected physical location of the student associated with the client device;

determining that the proximity of the estimated physical location of the student associated with the client device to the expected physical location of the student associated with the client device does not satisfy a threshold value; and

based at least on determining that the proximity of the estimated physical location of the student associated with the client device to the expected physical location of the student associated with the client device does not satisfy the threshold value, determining that the student associated with the client device is absent from a particular class of the one or more classes in which the student associated with the client device is enrolled.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the wireless proximity beacon that is associated with the physical location within the property is a wireless proximity beacon that is associated with a physical location where an extracurricular event is scheduled to take place, and

determining that the proximity of the client device to the wireless proximity beacon satisfies the threshold proximity comprises determining that the client device is proximate to the physical location where the extracurricular event is scheduled to take place.

17. The system of claim 16, comprising:

determining, based at least on determining that the client device is proximate to the physical location where the extracurricular event is scheduled to take place, that the student associated with the client device is present in the physical location where the extracurricular event is scheduled to take place; and

in response to determining that the student associated with the client device is present in the physical location where the extracurricular event is scheduled to take place, increasing a value corresponding to an amount of individuals present in the physical location where the extracurricular event is scheduled to take place.

18. The system of claim 11, comprising:

receiving, from each of one or more application instances that operate on one or more client devices, each application instance operating on a different client device, information indicating (i) a student identifier corresponding to a particular student associated with a particular one of the one or more client devices, (ii) a beacon identifier associated with a particular wireless proximity beacon that is associated with a particular physical location within the educational property, and (iii) a proximity of the particular client device to the particular wireless proximity beacon associated with the beacon identifier; and

determining, based on the information received from each of the one or more application instances, a number of the one or more client devices located in each of one or more regions that are defined within the educational property.

19. The system of claim 18, comprising:

determining, based at least on the number of the one or more client devices located in each of the one or more regions that are defined within the educational property, one or more event attendances that each indicate a number of the one or more client devices per unit area within a particular one of the one or more of the regions that are defined within the educational property.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing executable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving, from an application instance operating on a client device, educational information indicating (i) a student identifier corresponding to a student associated with the client device, (ii) a beacon identifier associated with a wireless proximity beacon that is associated with a physical location within an educational property, and (iii) a proximity of the client device to the wireless proximity beacon associated with the beacon identifier;

determining that the proximity of the client device to the wireless proximity beacon satisfies a threshold proximity;

based at least on (i) receiving the student identifier corresponding to the student associated with the client device, and (ii) determining that the proximity of the client device to the wireless proximity beacon satisfies the threshold proximity, determining an action that the application instance operating on the client device is permitted to perform while the proximity of the client device to the wireless proximity beacon satisfies the threshold proximity; and

transmitting, to the client device, data enabling the client device to provide, for output at the client device, a representation of a credential that enables the application instance operating on the client device to perform the action.

21. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving, from an application instance operating on a client device, educational information indicating (i) a student identifier corresponding to a student associated with the client device, (ii) a beacon identifier associated with a wireless proximity beacon that is associated with a physical location within an educational property, and (iii) a proximity of the client device to the wireless proximity beacon associated with the beacon identifier;

determining that the proximity of the client device to the wireless proximity beacon satisfies a threshold proximity;

based at least on determining that the proximity of the client device to the wireless proximity beacon satisfies the threshold proximity, comparing the student identifier against one or more records associated with the physical location within the educational property that are stored at one or more databases;

determining, based at least on the comparison of the student identifier against the one or more records associated with the physical location within the educational property that are stored at the one or more databases, that a particular record of the one or more records associated with the physical location within the educational property that are stored at the one or more databases is associated with the student identifier; and

storing, at the one or more databases, one or more entries in association with the particular record, the one or more entries indicating the proximity of the client device to the wireless proximity beacon that is associated with the physical location within the educational proximity.