US 11,735,062 B2
Delivering educational content using connected devices
Venkata Vara Prasad Karri, Visakhapatnam (IN); Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Kolkata (IN); Shailendra Moyal, Pune (IN); Akash U. Dhoot, Pune (IN); and Madhukar Hari Kishan Gobbi, Visakhapatnam (IN)
Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed by International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed on Dec. 28, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/134,591.
Prior Publication US 2022/0208020 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
Int. Cl. G09B 19/00 (2006.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G06F 40/279 (2020.01)
CPC G09B 19/00 (2013.01) [G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G06F 40/279 (2020.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method for delivering educational content, the computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving a lesson plan comprising educational content;
conducting an inventory by pinging one or more network-connected devices within a pre-determined perimeter using signals over a network for each of the one or more network-connected devices, wherein the one or more network-connected devices comprise a selection from the group consisting of: a washing machine, a dryer, a robot vacuum, a dish washer, a microwave oven, and a refrigerator;
associating one or more learning activities with each of the one or more network-connected devices after conducting the inventory;
performing pattern matching, using an artificial intelligence (AI) system, between the lesson plan and each of the one or more learning activities, wherein the learning activities are based on device documentation that provides illustrative examples for delivering the educational content through each of the one or more network-connected devices;
selecting at least one learning activity of the one or more learning activities, wherein the selecting is based on the pattern matching;
delivering a curriculum comprising the lesson plan and the at least one learning activity to a user, wherein the curriculum integrates instructions for performing the at least one learning activity based on the device documentation, text of the learning activities, and the lesson plan; and
conducting the at least one learning activity with the one or more network-connected devices.