Contemporaneous capture and tagging of media evidence for education evaluation

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9583015-B2
Application number	US-201414267213-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 1, 2014
Priority date	May 1, 2014
Publication date	Feb 28, 2017
Grant date	Feb 28, 2017

Abstract

An educational evidence and evaluation system for generating media files and context parameters and linking the media files and context parameters to education profiles during evaluation of a subject is disclosed. An example educational evidence and evaluation system comprises a capture engine that captures two media files, a context engine that tags the media files with context parameters, and a linking engine that links the media files and their tagged context parameters to an education profiles of a subject, wherein the evaluation engine links a first media file and its first context parameter to the education profile of a first subject before the capture engine captures a second media file.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for generating media files and context parameters and linking the media files and context parameters to subject profiles during evaluation of a subject, the method comprising:
receiving, at media capture device on a network, a first input from an evaluator to capture a first media file;
capturing, at the media capture device, the first media file responsive to the evaluator's first input;
storing the first media file;
receiving, at the media capture device, a second input from the evaluator to capture a second media file;
capturing, at the media capture device, the second media file responsive to the evaluator's second input;
storing the second media file;
receiving, at the media capture device, a third input from the evaluator indicating a first context parameter;
tagging the first media file with the first context parameter;
storing the first context parameter;
receiving, at the media capture device, a fourth input from the evaluator indicating a second context parameter;
tagging the second media file with the second context parameter;
storing the second context parameter;
receiving, at the media capture device, a fifth input from the evaluator indicating a first subject parameter for an education profile of the first subject;
linking the first media file and the first context parameter to the education profile of the first subject based on the first subject parameter;
receiving, at the media capture device, a sixth input from the evaluator indicating a second subject parameter for an education profile of the second subject;
linking the second media file and the second context parameter to the education profile of the second subject based on the second subject parameter;
determining that an available bandwidth on the network is below a threshold bandwidth for transmitting the first media file and second media file to an evaluation system;
monitoring the network to determine when the available bandwidth on the network rises above the threshold;
determining that the available bandwidth is above the threshold; and
transmitting, from the media capture device, the first media file and the second media file to the evaluation system on an external server, wherein the evaluation system is configured to display education profiles and media files the evaluator.

2. The educational evidence and evaluation system for generating media files and context parameters and linking the media files and context parameters to education profiles during evaluation of a subject of claim 1 , further comprising linking the first media file and the first context parameter to the education profile of the first subject based on the first subject parameter before receiving the second input from the evaluator to capture the second media file.

3. The educational evidence and evaluation system for generating media files and context parameters and linking the media files and context parameters to education profiles during evaluation of a subject of claim 1 , wherein the first media file and the second media file are selected from the group of: an image file, a video file, and an audio file.

4. The educational evidence and evaluation system for generating media files and context parameters and linking the media files and context parameters to education profiles during evaluation of a subject of claim 3 , wherein the first context parameter indicates a characteristic of the first media file.

5. The educational evidence and evaluation system for generating media files and context parameters and linking the media files and context parameters to education profiles during evaluation of a subject of claim 3 , wherein the first context parameter indicates a characteristic of the content of the first media file.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the threshold bandwidth is a predetermined bandwidth, wherein the predetermined bandwidth is a minimum amount of bandwidth that allows the first media file and second media file to be transmitted to the evaluation system in a certain amount of time.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining the threshold bandwidth based on a measured latency of a file being transmitted through the network.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining the threshold bandwidth using an educational calendar to determine when a school day for the evaluator is completed.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the available bandwidth is determined periodically over a period of time.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
transmitting the first media file and the second media file to a display device, wherein the display device is configured to display the education profile of the first subject with the first media file and the education profile of the second subject with the second media file.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon, which when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:
receiving, at the media capture device, a first input from an evaluator to capture a first media file;
capturing, at the media capture device, the first media file responsive to the evaluator's first input;
storing the first media file;
receiving, at the media capture device, a second input from the evaluator to capture a second media file;
capturing, at the media capture device, the second media file responsive to the evaluator's second input;
storing the second media file;
receiving, at the media capture device, a third input from the evaluator indicating a first context parameter;
tagging the first media file with the first context parameter;
storing the first context parameter;
receiving, at the media capture device, a fourth input from the evaluator indicating a second context parameter;
tagging the second media file with the second context parameter;
storing the second context parameter;
receiving, at the media capture device, a fifth input from the evaluator indicating a first subject parameter for an education profile of the first subject;
linking the first media file and the first context parameter to the education profile of the first subject based on the first subject parameter;
receiving, at the media capture device, a sixth input from the evaluator indicating a second subject parameter for an education profile of the second subject;
linking the second media file and the second context parameter to the education profile of the second subject based on the second subject parameter;
determining that an available bandwidth on the network is below a threshold bandwidth for transmitting the first media file and second media file to an evaluation system;
monitoring the network to determine when the available bandwidth on the network rises above the threshold;
determining that the available bandwidth is above the threshold; and
transmitting, from the media capture device, the first media file and the second media file to the evaluation system on an external server, wherein the evaluation system is configured to display education profiles and media files the evaluator.

12. The educational evidence and evaluation system for generating media files and context parameters and linking the media files and context parameters to education profiles during evaluation of a subject of claim 11 , further comprising linking the first media file and the first context parameter to the education profile of the first subject based on the first subject parameter before receiving the second input from the evaluator to capture the second media file.

13. The educational evidence and evaluation sys

Assignees

• Pearson Education Inc

Inventors

• Bosko Mark Anthony
• Johnson Macklin Lamont
• Rippentrop Adam James

Classifications

• H04L43/0894

  Packet rate · CPC title

• H04L43/16

  Threshold monitoring · CPC title

• G09B5/08 Primary

  providing for individual presentation of information to a plurality of student stations · CPC title

• G09B5/00 Primary

  Electrically-operated educational appliances (working with questions and answers G09B7/00; simulators G09B9/00; advertising or displaying in general G09F) · CPC title

• H04L67/06

  specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP] · CPC title