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Student message monitoring using natural language processing

US11756444B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 27, 2020
Grant dateSep 12, 2023
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Expiry dateNov 24, 2040

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N21/2187
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method for providing private message monitoring in a virtual class session monitors student private messages using natural language processing. The system is configured to communicatively couple a teacher computer, one or more student computers, and a web server over the Internet. The web server captures a private message between a first student computer and a second student computer, extract message text from the private message, process the extracted message text using natural language processing to identify a message topic, and when the message topic is not a current topic in a virtual class session, transmit a message to the first student computer and the second student computer to stay on topic of the virtual class session.

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