Patent ID: 9104880
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: G06F,G06K

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for preventing plagiarism among a plurality of files created respectively by a plurality of persons and submitted to a supervisory person in a learning environment, comprising the steps of: monitoring user activities related to inputting content into a first file, thereby creating information related to said content of said first file; storing said information into a first storage associated with said first file; copying said information from said first storage into a second storage associated with a second file, upon said content being copied from said first file into said second file: wherein said content is entered into said first file by a user himself or herself and not copied electronically from a source and then transferred from said source to said first file; wherein said information uniquely identifies said content; wherein said information includes information related to a method used by said user in entering said content into said first file; wherein said first storage contains other information that uniquely identifies other content of said first file, and said other information and said other content is not copied into said second storage and said second file respectively; wherein said information is stored confidentially in said first and second storages for preventing alteration by said user, and said content is text; wherein said first file or said second file is a file of said plurality of files.