Patent ID: 9552738
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: G06F,G09B

Claim:
1. A computer implemented method of administering a test using an educational electronic device, comprising: providing an educational electronic device to a test-taker; registering the educational electronic device to the test-taker or a school, wherein the registering includes receiving identifying information from the test-taker and associating the educational electronic device with the test-taker using the identifying information; providing a test application via the educational electronic device, wherein the test application provides practice questions to the test-taker, and wherein the test application includes a practice user interface that is substantially similar to a live testing user interface; automatically receiving the test at the educational electronic device based on the registration of the educational electronic device, wherein the educational testing device is configured with a security protocol configured to (i) detect tampering with test data of the received test, and (ii) upon detection of the tampering, delete the test data and render the educational electronic device unusable; disabling an Internet connectivity capability of the educational electronic device upon receiving the test at the educational electronic device; storing the test in encrypted form on the educational electronic device; decrypting the test prior to administration of the test; administering the test to the test-taker via the educational electronic device using the live testing user interface; upon completion of the test administration, enabling the Internet connectivity capability and searching for an Internet connection for the educational electronic device; and upon a first detection of the Internet connection, automatically transferring, without prompting by a user, answers to the test to a test administration service, wherein the test and the answers to the test self-delete themselves from the electronic device after the transferring of the answers to the test administration service.