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A handheld electronic book reader, program product, and method incorporate enhanced annotation and / or usage tracking capabilities. Support is provided for user creation of “contexts” for defined terms in an electronic document. Moreover, annotation data such as contexts, comments and highlighting may be associated with various users, and displayed in connection with the display of an electronic document so as to indicate that different annotation data has been originated by different users. In addition, from the standpoint of usage tracking, usage statistics for an electronic document displayed in a handheld electronic reader may be generated on a page-by-page basis, and / or in association with term definitions. Moreover, usage statistics for multiple users may be combined and analyzed. Through such analysis, the usage statistics may be used in the conduct of various beneficial actions such as revising an electronic document, revising a lesson plan with which an electronic document is associated, determining whether a user has read a selected portion of an electronic document, or determining whether a user needs supplemental assistance.

A handheld electronic book reader, program product, and method incorporate enhanced annotation and / or usage tracking capabilities. Support is provided for user creation of “contexts” for defined terms in an electronic document. Moreover, annotation data such as contexts, comments and highlighting may be associated with various users, and displayed in connection with the display of an electronic document so as to indicate that different annotation data has been originated by different users. In addition, from the standpoint of usage tracking, usage statistics for an electronic document displayed in a handheld electronic reader may be generated on a page-by-page basis, and / or in association with term definitions. Moreover, usage statistics for multiple users may be combined and analyzed. Through such analysis, the usage statistics may be used in the conduct of various beneficial actions such as revising an electronic document, revising a lesson plan with which an electronic document is associated, determining whether a user has read a selected portion of an electronic document, or determining whether a user needs supplemental assistance.

A handheld electronic book reader, program product, and method incorporate enhanced annotation and / or usage tracking capabilities. Users may create “contexts” for defined terms in an electronic document. Moreover, annotation data such as contexts, comments and highlighting may be associated with various users, and displayed in connection with the display of an electronic document so as to indicate that different annotation data has been originated by different users. In addition, from the standpoint of usage tracking, usage statistics for an electronic document displayed in a handheld electronic reader may be generated on a page-by-page basis, and / or in association with term definitions. Moreover, usage statistics for multiple users may be combined and analyzed. Through such analysis, the usage statistics may be used in the conduct of various beneficial actions such as revising an electronic document, revising a lesson plan with which an electronic document is associated, determining whether a user has read a selected portion of an electronic document, or determining whether a user needs supplemental assistance.

A toy comprising a mobile device and a plurality of islands, which can be arranged on a surface (e.g., the floor). During play, the mobile device can be selectively moved to a location within a predetermined proximity of each of the islands. An identification tag is associated with each island and contains information to identify the associated island and distinguish it from the other islands. A reader reads the identification tag when the mobile device is placed in the predetermined proximity of the island, and a different output is generated for each island.

The invention relates to an intelligent terminal network teaching method. The intelligent terminal network teaching method comprises the steps that communication connection among the interior of a teaching terminal, the interior of a learning terminal, the interior of a parent management terminal, the interior of a server and the interior of a service platform is set up; the teaching terminal is used for recording the course of a teacher and uploading and storing the course of the teacher in the server; the learning terminal feeds information back to the teaching terminal through the server, and the teaching terminal answers the fed back information correspondingly; the parent management terminal is used for maintaining parent information; data are stored in the server and used for being called by the teaching terminal, the learning terminal and the parent management terminal, and the server is used for carrying out data interaction with other external devices; the teaching terminal and the learning terminal both are in information interaction with the service platform, a teacher management module, a student management module and an intelligent search module are arranged in the service platform, and the intelligent search module comprises an image retrieval module and an image recognition module; the learning module and a sign-in management module carry out information transmission. The intelligent terminal network teaching method can be used for developing a pre-class lesson preparing application, a classroom teaching application, an after school care application, a remote education application and the like based on the Internet.

Method is described that enables a creator user, such as a consumer, to define a product over a communications network making use of a client device to customize a product description in relation to available retailer information, and to customize, and / or cause the assignment of a customized, product identifier to said product description, and by causing the resulting product information to be stored, and made available, through a server system so as to enable creator users, or other consumers, to further define products and / or to place product order(s) at selected retail location(s). Retailer users may use a client device to define retailer information for near real time use by system users. Retail users may use a client device to input information to the system and, in turn, have the system send back information to allow providing, near real time, information regarding, identification, manufacture and / or sale of, product order(s).

The invention discloses a mining operation multi-operation realization method based on virtual reality and augmented reality, and belongs to the technical field of the virtual reality and the augmented reality. The method comprises two patterns including the virtual reality and the augmented reality. Under a virtual reality scene, the selection and the replacement of a material and a material in the virtual reality scene can be realized, scene exploration is realized, the model can be moved and placed at will, a video is embedded, a two-dimensional code is generated, and a trigger realizes natural interaction, voice interaction and the like; under an augmented reality scene, the model can be selected, voice is played, the operation dynamics of the model can be demonstrated, and the rotation stopping, screen capture and function expansion of the model can be controlled; and under two patterns, various interaction ways of voice control, gesture control and keyboard mouse control can be realized. The method is applied to the virtual simulation application scene of the mining operation, can be used for training mine lot mining workers and students of the mining engineering specialty, reducing training capital and improving the skills of workers and provides an advanced and quick meaning for guiding production construction and science and technology studies.

A handheld electronic book reader, program product, and method incorporate enhanced annotation and / or usage tracking capabilities. Support is provided for user creation of “contexts” for defined terms in an electronic document. Moreover, annotation data such as contexts, comments and highlighting may be associated with various users, and displayed in connection with the display of an electronic document so as to indicate that different annotation data has been originated by different users. In addition, from the standpoint of usage tracking, usage statistics for an electronic document displayed in a handheld electronic reader may be generated on a page-by-page basis, and / or in association with term definitions. Moreover, usage statistics for multiple users may be combined and analyzed. Through such analysis, the usage statistics may be used in the conduct of various beneficial actions such as revising an electronic document, revising a lesson plan with which an electronic document is associated, determining whether a user has read a selected portion of an electronic document, or determining whether a user needs supplemental assistance.

Maps and signs are embedded with plural-bit data in the form of digital watermarks. In one embodiment, the plural-bit data includes location information with respect to a map. A handheld reading device extracts the location information from the map. The reading device then compares the location information with a physical location of the device. Feedback is provided to help a device user to correlate the map location with the physical location. In another embodiment, signs are watermarked to provide navigational and informational aids. The watermarks may include unique identifiers, which allow database lookup of related information.

A method of teaching basic arithmetical calculations is embodied in a novelty electronic graphic calculating device having a user interface for displaying method steps. The method involves displaying two or more collections of individual icons associated with two or more operands; selecting an arithmetical operation to be performed on the two or more operands; regrouping the individual icons into a collection of individual icons associated with an answer to the operation on the operands; and, displaying the collection of individual icons associated with the answer in sets of ten icons. The method permits visual regrouping and carry-over for teaching and learning mental computation of the four basic arithmetic skills of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

The present invention is directed to systems and methods for providing an improved interactive and educational eBook platform through an improved eReader. The system provides a platform through which a book is transformed into an interactive, multi-language, assisted reading, read-aloud eBook and is displayed in an eReader with an improved graphical user interface that provides features which enhance the effectiveness of eBook learning.

A method for scheduling and viewing a live medical procedure is disclosed. The method may be practiced utilizing a system that includes: an image acquisition component, such as one or more video cameras, located at a site of the live medical procedure; a viewing component, such as a computer monitor, remotely located from the site of the medical procedure; and a database that is configured to store data regarding the scheduling and performance of the live medical procedure. The method involves providing data to the database regarding medical procedures to be performed. A viewer selects a desired medical procedure from the database, and registers to view the procedure at the specified time, then subsequently establishes a link between the viewing component and the image acquisition component. The image acquisition component transmits data, such as image data, over a computer network so the viewer can view the live medical procedure with the viewing component, as the procedure is being performed.

An apparatus, method, and computer program product for an interactive toy vehicle that provides new structures and combinations of features for enhancing education and amusement, particularly for an improved small-scale vehicle toy that produces feedback (e.g., sounds or lights and a motorized output event) directly related to the amount of a child's input. The apparatus, method, and computer program product for a toy vehicle includes: a chassis; a motive element, coupled to the chassis, for moving the chassis; an impulse detector for generating an impulse signal responsive to one or more impulses applied to the chassis; and a controller, coupled to the chassis and responsive to the impulse signal, for: counting a number N of impulse signals received during a setup period; determining an operational mode responsive to the number N; setting a duty mode for the motive element responsive to the operational mode.

Systems and methods to create an interactive experience for visitors of an exhibition environment. The system harmonizes interpretation, learning, and personalization through the use of interactive media to enhance the visitor experience in the exhibition environment and, thereby, enrich the visitors to a greater extent. Interactive systems are employed to cultivate, in the visitor, knowledge on interpretative concepts, which can be leveraged throughout the exhibition environment. Visitors learn tools to facilitate engagement with works in the exhibition environment and to better explore personal interests. These tools, learned through the interactive systems, empower visitors to explore the exhibition environment, to attach personal meaning to the works in the exhibition environment, and to increase an overall appreciation of the works in the exhibition environment.

The interactive credential system and method has a database containing employee-employer-applicant surveyed information, industry specific criteria, such as insurance loss history and account performance, an authorization code for authorizing access to the database and a control device, operatively associated with the database, for presenting weighted scores. The system further includes a surveyed party processor operatively associated with the control device, and wherein the surveyed party processor is capable of transmitting the authorization code to view the surveyed information. The system also has a participant processor that is capable of requesting authorization to download the employee-employer-applicant information, including weighted scores computed from the system's algorithms processed from industry specific parameters.

This application describes a unique teaching and learning methodology created by the merger and integration of both well accepted and emerging technologies in an effort to improve adult education. This proposed model incorporates the transfer of the simulation learning experience from the current physical platform onto a virtual platform, and then integrates that with the new technologies of augmented reality, natural language processing, and artificial intelligence.

The present invention relates to arrays of consumer products, retail displays of arrays of consumer products and methods for displaying an array of consumer products.

A system and method for detecting and / or rendering easily visible changes in dental images over time so as to identify bone loss, tooth movement, and other forms of change that uses dental images with similar perspectives but taken at different points in time and adjusts one or both of the dental images so as to compensate for differences in perspective, size, and rotation to thereby register the digital images to each other.

Imagery, video, maps or signs are embedded with plural-bit data in the form of digital watermarking. In one embodiment, a method includes obtaining a media signal representing an image or video; introducing digital watermarking into the media signal, the digital watermarking slightly altering samples of the media signal; and the digital watermarking changing across the media signal so as to convey first information related to at least a first area depicted in the image or within data representing a first portion of the video in the media signal and second, different information related to at least a second area depicted in the image or within data representing a second portion of the video in the media signal. Other embodiments are provided as well.

Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for managing oncology care plans. The systems and methods involve or include: retrieving a standard care plan from an electronically stored library of oncology care plans provided by one or more clinical content providers; receiving, from a user, a modification to the standard care plan; generating a local care plan that includes the standard care plan and the modification to the standard care plan; retrieving, from the electronically stored library of oncology care plans, an updated standard care plan that includes one or more updates to the standard care plan provided by the one or more clinical content providers; and automatically generating an updated local care plan that includes the updated standard care plan and the modification to the standard care plan.

A method and system for providing performance evaluations, on a timely basis, to students or trainees, is provided. In one contemplated embodiment, the inventive method and system are used in health care training programs to form an information feedback loop whereby clinical and simulated clinical performance evaluations are inputted, or gathered and stored, and then made available to the health care practitioner and to his / her educator(s) throughout the health care training program thereby increasing the effectiveness of the training program by allowing the program to be continuously tailored to address the needs of the health care practitioner.

The invention provides a smart and safe campus big data safety early warning platform, which comprises a monitoring front end, a sensor and warning devices, wherein the monitoring front end, the sensor and a first warning device are connected with a cloud server through a first codec respectively; the cloud server is connected with a central control system; the central control system is connectedwith a monitoring terminal and a second warning device through a second codec; the first codec is connected with an inspection data acquisition system; the inspection data acquisition system comprisesa data acquisition box and an RFID label; an instruction key and a display screen are arranged outside the data acquisition box; the data acquisition box is internally provided with a card reader anda central processor; and the card reader is connected with the RFID label. The acquired data can be transmitted to the monitoring terminal through the codec, the manual inspection condition can be inputted to the inspection data acquisition system through an instruction input device and is then transmitted to the monitoring terminal, campus safety early warning is realized accurately, and real-time management on a related responsible person is carried out.

Aspects of the present invention include one or more of capturing educational presentations by presenters using instructional aids, making presentations available via the World Wide Web to users of educational services, aiding users in the selection of a particular topic and a particular presenter, rewarding students for achievement, and financially compensating presenters in accordance with the popularity of their educational presentations.

Under the background of increasingly serious accident safety risks of large-scale transporting vehicle, aiming at the problems that the function of a present conventional auxiliary safety system is single, and potential safety hazards and accidents cannot be effectively early warned and prevented, a multi-functional large-scale vehicle safety early warning and monitoring system is developed whichis composed of a plurality of modules such as a vehicle driver active safety module, a vehicle driving safety model, a vehicle external environment safety module, a traffic police cloud service platform safety module, and is an auxiliary safety early warning and monitoring system device characterized in that safety performance of wagons and trucks is improved, road risks are reduced, and the roadtransporting efficiency and the staff safety coefficient are improved.

The invention discloses a data monitoring and management system based on an RFID Internet of Things vehicular intelligent terminal and relates to the field of vehicular electronics. The data monitoring and management system comprises a vehicular intelligent terminal, a vehicle management background and an inquiry terminal and is characterized in that the vehicular intelligent terminal comprises amain controller, an RFID identifier, an image collecting module, an alcohol detecting module, a GPS / Beidou positioning module, an emergency event alarm module, an OBD vehicle information collecting and pre-warning module, a communication module, an environment detecting module, a vehicle tire pressure detecting module, an in-vehicle monitoring module, a data uploading and management module and a driver identification module; the vehicular intelligent terminal is mounted on a first vehicle and detects vehicle data corresponding to the first vehicle. The data monitoring and management system hasthe advantages that by the driver identification, the vehicle can be prevented from being driven by illegal people; drunk driving can be avoided by alcohol detection, and vehicle driving safety is increased; in addition, statistical analysis of vehicle brake information can be achieved, whether the driving of drivers is stable or not can be judged, the judging results can be statistically countedor recorded, and related drivers can be conveniently educated.

The invention provides a deaf-mute sign language identification interaction system based on a robot and relates to the technical field of intelligent service robots and applications thereof. The deaf-mute sign language identification interaction system based on the robot comprises a sign language identification subsystem, a robot body and a text and voice input and output subsystem. The sign language identification subsystem is mainly composed of a sign language identification module and a sign language translation module, and the sign language identification module is installed on the robot body. The text and voice input and output subsystem can output and display texts or voice in the sign language identification module of the sign language identification subsystem, and convert languages or texts of people into language signals understood by a robot system. The system provided by the invention provides better service to improve the life, learning and working conditions of deaf people, the quality of interaction and interactive experience of conversation between the deaf and ordinary people is improved with the help of the robot platform, and integration of the latest sign language identification, voice identification and robots and other technologies is achieved, so that deaf people can also be treated equally by the community, to accept better education.