Systems and methods for data packet metadata stabilization

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11601374-B2
Application number	US-201916420938-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 23, 2019
Priority date	Oct 30, 2014
Publication date	Mar 7, 2023
Grant date	Mar 7, 2023

Abstract

Systems and methods for accelerated stabilization of data packet metadata are disclosed herein. The system can include a memory having a content database and a user profile database. The system can include a user device having a first network interface and a first I/O subsystem. The system can include one or more servers. The one or more servers can: retrieve data packet metadata for a data packet; determine that the data packet metadata is unstable; identify a set of potential recipients of the data packet; select one of the set of potential recipients as the recipient of the data packet; provide the data packet to the recipient of the data packet; receive a response from the recipient to the provided data packet; and automatically update the data packet metadata based on the response received from the recipient.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system, comprising:
a database coupled to a network and storing, in association:
a question;
a metadata including at least one attribute of the question; and
a stability threshold defining a required number of responses to the question in order for the question to be identified as stable;

a client device coupled to the network and including a user interface configured to receive a user input selecting the question and the metadata;
a server, including a hardware computing device coupled to a network and including at least one processor executing within a memory instructions that, when executed, cause the system to:
select, from the database the question and metadata selected from the client device;
transmit the question to a plurality of user devices;
receive a response from each of the plurality of user devices;
select the stability threshold from the database;
for each response received from the plurality of user devices:
update the metadata reflecting an increase of a total number of responses by one;
determine whether the total number of responses is equal to the stability threshold; and
responsive to the total number of responses being equal to the stability threshold, generate a notification that the total number of responses is equal to the stability threshold.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further cause the system to:
store, within the database, at least one user data characteristic stored in association with each of a plurality of users operating the plurality of user devices; and
select the plurality of user devices according to a correlation between the metadata and the at least one user data characteristic.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the at least one user data characteristic includes a group, a class, a course of study, or a discipline common between the plurality of users.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein, responsive to the total number of responses being equal to the threshold, the instructions cause the system to update the metadata to identify the question as stable.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein, the instructions further cause the system to automatically transmit the notification through the network to a supervisor device operated by a supervisor user.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein, the instructions further cause the system to: automatically launch a software application on the supervisor device that displays the notification and an indicator of metadata stability.

7. A system, comprising:
a server, including a hardware computing device coupled to a network and including at least one processor executing within a memory instructions that, when executed, cause the system to:
select, from a database coupled to the network:
a question; and
a metadata including at least one attribute of the question;

transmit the question to a plurality of user devices;
receive a response from each of the plurality of user devices;
select, from the database, a stability threshold defining a required number of responses to the question in order for the question to be identified as stable;
for each response received from the plurality of user devices:
update the metadata reflecting an increase of a total number of responses by one;
determine whether the total number of responses is equal to the stability threshold; and
responsive to the total number of responses being equal to the stability threshold, generate a notification that the total number of responses is equal to the stability threshold.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the instructions further cause the system to define a level of difficulty of the question within the metadata.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the instructions further cause the system to:
generate a model stored in a model database coupled to the network; and
update the model to update the difficulty level according to each response received from the plurality of devices.

10. The system of claim 7 , wherein the instructions further cause the system to determine whether the response is a correct response or an incorrect response to the question.

11. The system of claim 7 , wherein the database comprises a content library database.

12. A method, comprising the steps of:
selecting, by a server including a hardware computing device coupled to a network and including at least one processor executing instructions within a memory, from a database coupled to the network:
a question; and
a metadata including at least one attribute of the question;

transmitting, by the server, the question to a plurality of user devices;
receiving, by the server a response from each of the plurality of user devices;
selecting, by the server from the database, a stability threshold defining a required number of responses to the question in order for the question to be identified as stable;
for each response received from the plurality of user devices:
updating, by the server, the metadata reflecting an increase of a total number of responses by one;
determining, by the server, whether the total number of responses is equal to the stability threshold; and
responsive to the total number of responses being equal to the stability threshold, generating, by the server, a notification that the total number of responses is equal to the stability threshold.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising the step of defining, by the server, a level of difficulty of the question within the metadata.

14. The method of claim 13 , further comprising the steps of:
generating, by the server, a model stored in a model database coupled to the network; and
updating, by the server, the model to update the difficulty level according to each response received from the plurality of devices.

15. The method of claim 12 , further comprising the steps of:
storing, by the server within the database, at least one user data characteristic stored in association with each of a plurality of users operating the plurality of user devices; and
selecting, by the server, the plurality of user devices according to a correlation between the metadata and the at least one user data characteristic.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the at least one user data characteristic includes a group, a class, a course of study, or a discipline common between the plurality of users.

17. The method of claim 12 , further comprising the step of determining, by the server, whether the response is a correct response or an incorrect response to the question.

18. The method of claim 12 , further comprising the step of, responsive to the total number of responses being equal to the threshold, updating, by the server, the metadata to identify the question as stable.

19. The method of claim 12 , further comprising the step of automatically transmitting, by the server, the notification through the network to a supervisor device operated by a supervisor user.

20. The method of claim 19 , further comprising the step of automatically launching, by the server, a software application on the supervisor device that displays the notification and an indicator of metadata stability.

Assignees

• Pearson Education Inc

Inventors

• Anderson Jacob

Classifications

• H04L67/306

  User profiles · CPC title

• 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

• H04L67/561

  Adding application-functional data or data for application control, e.g. adding metadata · CPC title

• H04L47/365 Primary

  Dynamic adaptation of the packet size · CPC title

• G09B7/00

  Electrically-operated teaching apparatus or devices working with questions and answers (mechanically operated G09B3/00; computing arrangements G06F) · CPC title