System, Method and Computer Program Product for Dataset Authoring and Presentation with Timer and Randomizer

• US 20130054239A1
• Filed: 08/20/2012
• Published: 02/28/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/24/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Benjamin Z. Levy
• Original Assignee: Benjamin Z. Levy
• Inventors: Levy, Benjamin Z.
• Application Number:
  US13/589,429
• Publication Number:
  US 20130054239A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/235
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/02 Counting; Calculating abacus G06C1/00
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/06 Foreign languages with audible presentation of material to be studied G09B5/04
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence

Abstract

A system, method and computer program product for authoring and presenting discrete data elements and datasets on any computing device are described. Said datasets can comprise of typed, entered or speech-converted text, numbers, images, and sounds. Said system and method feature a user-controlled timer that can be set in intervals of one or more milliseconds and can be used to display said data elements in said dataset in succession. Another feature described is a randomizer which can present said data elements in said dataset in an unpredictable and random order.

Claims

1. A system and method operating on a computing device comprising:

a means of visually and/or audibly displaying data;

a means for timing milliseconds; and

a means for storing and retrieving data,

said system and method which upon receiving a dataset comprising of more than one element authored, generated, or retrieved by the user, will either leave said dataset in order that it was received, or arrange the elements in said dataset randomly and either wait for a time interval of one millisecond or more to elapse, or wait for a user action to take place before presenting the next element in said dataset in a discrete and distraction-free manner.

2. The system and method according to claim 1, wherein said dataset may be authored in real time or retrieved from a variety of sources comprising:

direct user-input, such as text entered by means of a physical or virtual keyboard or speech-to-text system;

a saved file containing previously entered data, such as text, numbers, images, or sounds;

or an algorithm designed to generate data in accordance with user-directed parameters.

3. The system and method according to claim 2, wherein the elements of said dataset do not require additional formatting or processing.

4. The system and method according to claim 1, wherein the user can choose the time interval between presenting data elements.

5. The system and method according to claim 1, wherein the user can choose whether or not to randomize said dataset.

6. The system and method according to claim 1, wherein the user can choose between an automatic presentation using a time interval between said data elements or a presentation requiring user action between said data elements.

7. The system and method according to claim 1, wherein a single data element may be presented in the same manner as said dataset containing more than one data element.

8. The system and method according to claim 1, wherein each data element is displayed discretely and unambiguously on the screen of said computing device.