Apollo Education Group, Inc. Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150294598 | CONNECT-THE-NODES - Techniques for teaching geometric proof problems are described. According to one approach, the geometric proof application displays a geometric proof problem and a set of connectable nodes in an initial arrangement. A user then rearranges the set of connectable nodes and connects them using one-way connections to generate a solution. The geometric proof problem is solved if the user-generated solution indicates the correct logical ordering of the set of connectable nodes as determined by the geometric proof application. | 10-15-2015 |
20150222506 | MECHANISM FOR CONTROLLING A PROCESS ON A COMPUTING NODE BASED ON THE PARTICIPATION STATUS OF THE COMPUTING NODE - A mechanism is provided for controlling a process on a computing node. In one implementation, a determination is made as to whether the participation status of a computing node has changed. The participation status may, for example, be active, in which case the computing node is participating in the processing of requests from a request handler, or it may be passive, in which case the computing node is not participating in the processing of requests from the request handler. In response to a determination that the participation status of the computing node has changed from a current status to a new status, one or more processes on the computing node may be caused to begin or halt processing, in accordance with the new status. For example, if the current status is passive and the new status is active, a process on the computing node may be caused to begin processing. On the other hand, if the current status is active and the new status is passive, the process on the computing node may be caused to halt processing. Doing so helps to ensure that a process (such as a self-initiated process) executing on a passive node will not perform any processing that may lead to incorrect or inconsistent results, or even worse, to system corruption or failure. | 08-06-2015 |
20150213723 | Resource Resolver - An automated resource resolver system receives a client request for a learning resource. The system selects a format for a target resource, to be delivered to the client device, based on user information and context information for the client device. Thus, the selected format will be accessible by the client device, utilizing the capabilities of the device, and will be the best-fit format for the user. After the system selects the format, the system determines whether the target resource stored at a resource repository is in the selected format. If not, then the system selects an instance of the target resource, not in the selected format, to convert to the selected format. The system converts the selected resource instance to produce an instance of the target resource that is in the selected format. The system makes the target learning resource, in the selected format, available to the client device. | 07-30-2015 |