US 11,983,723 B2
Tracking digital credential usage in a sensor-monitored environment
Mark Mercury, Minneapolis, MN (US); Jarin Schmidt, Eden Prairie, MN (US); E. Clarke Porter, Minneapolis, MN (US); Peter Pascale, Edina, MN (US); Andrew Stockinger, Bloomington, MN (US); and Ronald D. Lancaster, Jr., Saint Paul, MN (US)
Assigned to PEARSON EDUCATION, INC., New York, NY (US)
Filed by Pearson Education, Inc., New York, NY (US)
Filed on May 30, 2018, as Appl. No. 15/993,478.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/559,433, filed on Sep. 15, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2019/0087829 A1, Mar. 21, 2019
Int. Cl. G06Q 30/018 (2023.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 16/23 (2019.01); G06F 16/28 (2019.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01); G06F 30/20 (2020.01); G06F 40/186 (2020.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G06Q 10/0631 (2023.01); G06Q 10/0639 (2023.01); G06Q 10/067 (2023.01); G06Q 10/105 (2023.01); G06Q 50/20 (2012.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01); G09B 7/00 (2006.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 67/131 (2022.01); H04L 67/306 (2022.01); H04L 67/50 (2022.01); H04W 4/38 (2018.01); G06V 40/20 (2022.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01)
CPC G06Q 30/018 (2013.01) [G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G06F 16/2365 (2019.01); G06F 16/2379 (2019.01); G06F 16/285 (2019.01); G06F 21/316 (2013.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01); G06F 30/20 (2020.01); G06F 40/186 (2020.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G06Q 10/063112 (2013.01); G06Q 10/06393 (2013.01); G06Q 10/06398 (2013.01); G06Q 10/067 (2013.01); G06Q 10/105 (2013.01); G06Q 50/2057 (2013.01); G06T 7/74 (2017.01); G06V 40/172 (2022.01); G06V 40/174 (2022.01); G09B 7/00 (2013.01); H04L 63/083 (2013.01); H04L 63/0861 (2013.01); H04L 63/0876 (2013.01); H04L 63/107 (2013.01); H04L 67/131 (2022.05); H04L 67/306 (2013.01); H04L 67/535 (2022.05); H04W 4/38 (2018.02); G06Q 10/0639 (2013.01); G06Q 10/06395 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10016 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30201 (2013.01); G06V 40/20 (2022.01); H04N 7/18 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising a server coupled to a network of computing devices, and the server comprising at least one processor configured to execute instructions obtained from a memory which, when executed, causes the system to:
receive, from a client device coupled to the network, a user input, the user input including a request for post-issuance utilization monitoring of previously issued digital credentials;
identify, based on the user input, and from within a user data within a data store coupled to the network, a first credential receiver;
retrieve, from within a credential data within the data store, one or more of the previously issued digital credentials, including a first digital credential previously issued to the first credential receiver, wherein the first digital credential is a certification of being proficient in a skill;
identify, from within the credential data, a plurality of eligibility criteria activities related to the skill certified by the first digital credential, wherein each of the eligibility criteria activities is associated with one or more eligibility criteria that, when achieved, demonstrates proficiency in the skill certified by the first digital credential;
monitor a physical environment associated with the first credential receiver;
receive, from a plurality of sensors within the physical environment, a sensor data;
identify, from the sensor data, a plurality of physical actions performed by the first credential receiver within the physical environment over a time period;
compare the plurality of physical actions performed by the first credential receiver within the physical environment over the time period to the plurality of eligibility criteria activities related to the skill certified by the first digital credential;
determine, based on the comparison, a post-issuance utilization of the first digital credential by the first credential receiver;
output data corresponding to the comparison of the plurality of eligibility criteria activities to the plurality of physical actions performed by the first credential receiver within the physical environment over the time period, wherein the output data indicates the post-issuance utilization of the first digital credential by the first credential receiver; and
adjust an expiration date associated with the first digital credential, based on the post-issuance utilization of the first digital credential by the first credential receiver.