Preemptive notifications for electronic transmissions

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10764167-B2
Application number	US-201815874244-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 18, 2018
Priority date	Mar 21, 2014
Publication date	Sep 1, 2020
Grant date	Sep 1, 2020

Abstract

A system includes a query response engine that identifies first and second query responses. The engine stores the first query response in a locked configuration and the second query response in a configuration that enables the stored second query response to be modified. The query engine generates query response data associated with the first query response or the second query response. The system includes a connection assessor that determines a connection variable by assessing a network connection and determines whether a transmission condition is satisfied based on the connection variable. The system includes a query response transmitter that, when it is determined that the transmission condition is satisfied, transmits the query response data from the query response transmitter of the system to another device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system for electronically conditioning transmission of communications based on results of a connection assessment, the system comprising:
a computer system, including:
a processor, and
a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the computer to execute:
a query response engine that:
identifies a first query response corresponding to a first query;
stores the first query response in a locked configuration, the locked configuration inhibiting an ability to modify the first query response to the first query;
identifies a second query response corresponding to a second query; and
stores the second query response, the second query response not being stored in a locked configuration and being stored in a configuration that enables the stored second query response to be modified;
generates query response data associated with the first query response or the second query response;

a connection assessor that:
determines a connection variable by assessing one or more network connections available to a query response transmitter; and
determines whether a transmission condition is satisfied based on the connection variable, the determination including comparing the connection variable to a threshold, a result of the determination indicating that the transmission condition is satisfied when the connection variable exceeds the threshold; and

the query response transmitter that, when it is determined that the transmission condition is satisfied, transmits the query response data from the query response transmitter of the system to another device.

2. The system for electronically conditioning transmission of communications based on results of the connection assessment as recited in claim 1 , wherein the query response engine further retrieves, for each of the first query and the second query, configuration data that indicates whether a corresponding query response is to be stored in the locked configuration.

3. The system for electronically conditioning transmission of communications based on results of the connection assessment as recited in claim 1 , wherein:
the query response engine further:
determines, subsequent to the generating of the query response data, that the second query response is to be changed to a different second query response;
modifies the stored second query response to be the different second query response; and
generates new query response data that includes an identifier of the second query, an identifier of the different second query response and an identifier of an electronic device;
the connection assessor that:
determines an updated connection variable by assessing one or more network connections available to the electronic device; and
determines whether the transmission condition is satisfied based on the updated connection variable; and

the query response transmitter further transmits the new query response data when it is determined that the transmission condition is satisfied based on the updated connection variable.

4. The system for electronically conditioning transmission of communications based on results of the connection assessment as recited in claim 1 , wherein the query response engine further:
determines, subsequent to the generating of the query response data and based on a time, that a configuration of the second query response is to be changed to the locked configuration; and
updates the configuration of the second query response to the locked configuration.

5. The system for electronically conditioning transmission of communications based on results of the connection assessment as recited in claim 1 , wherein the system further comprises:
a file retriever that receives, at an electronic device, one or more electronic files; and
an access engine that executes at least one of the one or more electronic files, wherein the execution causes each of the first query and the second query to be presented at the electronic device.

6. The system for electronically conditioning transmission of communications based on results of the connection assessment as recited in claim 5 , wherein:
the file retriever further receives, at the electronic device, a set of electronic files, the set of electronic files including the one or more electronic files, the one or more electronic files including a first executable file compatible with a first browser, the set of electronic files including a second executable file compatible with a second browser; and
the access engine further:
identifies that code for the first browser is being executed on the electronic device; and
selects the first executable file for execution based on the identification that code for the first browser is being executed, wherein the second executable file is not executed at the electronic device.

7. The system for electronically conditioning transmission of communications based on results of the connection assessment as recited in claim 1 , wherein determining that the transmission condition is not satisfied further causes the query response data to be aggregated with other query response data, and wherein the query response transmitter transmits the aggregated query response data and other query response data upon a subsequent determination that the transmission condition is satisfied.

8. The system for electronically conditioning transmission of communications based on results of the connection assessment as recited in claim 1 , wherein the connection variable is indicative of a strength of a connection.

9. A computer-implemented method for electronically conditioning transmission of communications based on results of a connection assessment, the method comprising:
identifying, at an electronic device, a first query response corresponding to a first query;
storing, at the electronic device, the first query response in a locked configuration, the locked configuration inhibiting an ability to modify the first query response to the first query;
identifying, at the electronic device, a second query response corresponding to a second query;
storing, at the electronic device, the second query response, the second query response not being stored in a locked configuration and being stored in a configuration that enables the stored second query response to be modified;
generating, at the electronic device, query response data associated with the first query response or the second query response;
determining, at the electronic device, a connection variable by assessing one or more network connections available to the electronic device;
determining, at the electronic device, whether a transmission condition is satisfied based on the connection variable, the determination including comparing the connection variable to a threshold, a result of the determination indicating that the transmission condition is satisfied when the connection variable exceeds the threshold; and
when it is determined that the transmission condition is satisfied, transmitting the query response data from the electronic device to another device.

10. The method for electronically conditioning transmission of communications based on results of the connection assessment as recited in claim 9 , further comprising:
retrieving, for each of the first query and the second query, configuration data that indicates whether a corresponding query response is to be stored in the locked configuration.

11. The method for electronically conditioning transmission of communications based on results of the connection assessment as recited in claim 9 , further comprising:
determining, subsequent to the generating the query response data, that the second query response

Assignees

• Pearson Education Inc

Inventors

• Kealey Brendan Jared
• Arens Paul Joseph
• Krapfl Adam Walter
• Grudnitski Paul Christopher
• Nielsen Robbie Allen
• Setaro James Tavis
• Sobanski Jason

Classifications

• G09B7/02 Primary

  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 title

• H04L43/0852 Primary

  Delays · CPC title

• G06F16/951

  Indexing; Web crawling techniques · CPC title

• H04L43/08

  Monitoring or testing based on specific metrics, e.g. QoS, energy consumption or environmental parameters · CPC title

• G06F16/2453

  Query optimisation · CPC title