Patent Document ID: 9224309
Application ID: 13437699
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A computer-based education system comprising: a brain activity monitor providing a monitoring of brain activity of a student; at least one electronic computer executing at least one stored program to: (a) present an educational program to the student during a presentation duration; (b) receive a signal from the brain activity monitor indicating a brain activity of the student to provide an engagement signal indicating student attention at multiple points in time; (c) collect the engagement signal at the multiple points in time to identify a history of engagement of the student; (d) produce a dynamic threshold level based upon a history of engagement of the student updated regularly during the presentation duration; (e) compare the engagement signal of the student against the dynamic threshold level to identify a point of intervention demarcating declining attention as a function of both the engagement signal of the student and the history of engagement of the student; (f) update the dynamic threshold level and comparison by repeating steps (c) through (e); and (g) modify the educational program to promote student attention at times of the point of intervention.