PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16278098
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-02
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["348", "014100"]

Abstract:
In the present invention the camera of a student's mobile communications device sends a live image of the student's paper through an image-sharing subsystem to the instructor's personal computing or mobile communications device. An annotation subsystem allows the instructor to mark said image of the student's paper, and a background-subtraction subsystem allows a background-free image of the instructor to appear on said image of the student's paper. A screen-sharing subsystem transmits a combined image of the student's paper and the instructor and his or her markings back to the student's device. Mounting the student's device above the paper on which he or she is working allows the student to see the instructor and the instructor's markings overlaid on the student's paper, giving the impression that the instructor is present and collaborating on the student's work. Videoconferencing and communication-management subsystems facilitate communication between the instructor and the student(s) during this collaboration.

Claim (Index 1):
A system for interactive online collaboration for education and other fields comprising:\n a. A document station implemented in a mobile communications device, with said station further comprising:\n i. a display (screen); \n ii. a videoconferencing subsystem capable of transmitting and receiving live video images and live audio over the Internet or other computer network; \n iii. a microphone capable of capturing audio on said mobile communications device for said videoconferencing subsystem; \n iv. a speaker capable of making audible the audio from said videoconferencing subsystem; \n v. a front (user-facing) camera capable of capturing video images on said mobile communications device for said videoconferencing subsystem; \n vi. an image-sharing subsystem capable of transmitting live video images over the Internet or other computer network; \n vii. a rear camera capable of capturing video images on said mobile communications device for said image-sharing subsystem; \n viii. a screen-sharing subsystem capable of receiving the images of another user who has shared his or her screen; \n ix. an annotation subsystem capable of annotating images received through said screen-sharing subsystem; \n x. a communication-management subsystem capable of controlling communication with other users by video, audio, text/chat, or signal; and \n xi. an input device, which may be a touchscreen, on said mobile communications device capable of transmitting input to said subsystems, \n wherein said subsystems collectively form the software component of said system for interactive online collaboration on said mobile communications device of said document station, and a stand or other implement suitable for stably positioning said mobile communications device above the paper or other physical medium of a student or other participant using said station;\n b. A virtual writing station implemented in a personal computing or mobile communications device, with said station further comprising:\n i. a display (screen); \n ii. a background-subtraction subsystem capable of extracting the real-time image of the user of said station by removing the background, such as a wall, and maintaining the foreground, such as the user, and placing said image on the display of said device, with said image being movable and resizable; \n iii. a videoconferencing subsystem capable of transmitting and receiving live video images and live audio over the Internet or other computer network; \n iv. a microphone capable of capturing audio on said personal computing or mobile communications device for said videoconferencing subsystem; \n v. a speaker capable of making audible the audio from said videoconferencing subsystem; \n vi. a front (user-facing) camera capable of capturing video images on said personal computing or mobile communications device for said background-subtraction subsystem and/or said videoconferencing subsystem; \n vii. an image-sharing subsystem capable of receiving, over the Internet or other computer network, live video images shared by other users of said system for interactive online collaboration; \n viii. an annotation subsystem capable of annotating images received through the image-sharing subsystem and displayed on the screen of said personal computing or mobile communications device and/or making annotations elsewhere on the screen of said device of the user of said virtual writing station; \n ix. a screen-sharing subsystem capable of transmitting a combination of images from the background-subtraction, image-sharing, and annotation subsystems, or any other still or moving images that might be on the screen of the personal computing or mobile communications device of the user of said virtual writing station, to the mobile communications device at the document station as a combined live video image; \n x. an input device, which may be a touchscreen, mouse, or trackpad, on said personal computing or mobile communications device capable of transmitting input to said subsystems; and \n xi. a communication-management subsystem capable of controlling communication with other users by video, audio, text/chat, or signal, \n \n wherein said subsystems collectively form the software component of said system for interactive online collaboration on said personal computing or mobile communications device of said virtual writing station; and\n c. Physical tools and media, such as pen or pencil and paper, that allow a student or other user(s) of said document station to make marks that a remote instructor or other collaborator using said virtual writing station can appear on, point to, and annotate virtually through said system for interactive online collaboration.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.40845
- Patent Class: 348.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14216083', '15180414', '10371537', '15180604', '10680761']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6293621715892986
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4904816188294091
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6154741163133097
- Mean Citation Score: 217.515572
- Max Citation Score: 222.62733
- Similarity Product: 158.7117495858407

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 0
- Claim Label 112: 0
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test