IP Library Granted Patent US 8,308,484
Granted Patent B2
US 8,308,484 · App. 12/028,967 · Granted Nov 13, 2012

System and methods for detecting deception as to fluency or other ability in a given language

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Patent No.
US 8,308,484
App. No.
12/028,967
Granted
Nov 13, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a system and methods for detecting when a user is representing he is not fluent in a language in which he is fluent. The present system and methods are adapted to be used in conjunction with conventional and novel computer systems and methods and provides detection of concealment of language skills by a user.

Claims (34)

1. A method comprising:

displaying, on a display device of a system, a predetermined number of at least one image with at least one non-corresponding label in at least one language;

having the user state, into an input device of the system, the at least one image; and

determining, with a processor of the system, whether the user is misrepresenting his skill in the language as less than it actually is based on whether the at least one user statement was made with a delay.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising asking the user for the name of said language.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising pre-selecting, with the processor, at least one language to be tested for the user.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the predetermined number of at least one image with at least one non-corresponding label in at least one language is provided to the user in at least one of: a document, a picture, a drawing, an image, and/or a file.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one image is related to other images employed to introduce and/or improve detection of concealment.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one image is at least one of: an object, a word, a picture, an illustration, a drawing, a document, a color, and/or a file.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one non-corresponding label is at least one of: an object, a word, a picture, an illustration, a text, a color, and/or a file.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one image is merged with the at least one non-corresponding label.

9. A method comprising:

displaying, on a display device of a system, a predetermined number of at least one image with at least one non-corresponding label in at least one language;

having the user state, into an input device of the system, the at least one image;

timing, with a processor of the system, the at least one user statement; and

determining, with the processor, whether the user is misrepresenting, as less than they are, his or her skill in the at least one language based upon whether the at least one user statement was made with a delay.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising comparing, with the processor, the user statement times with at least one average and/or standard native speaker statement time, or with at least one average and/or standard speaker having a prescribed fluency statement time, for at least one image.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the at least one image is related to other images employed to introduce and/or improve detection of concealment.

12. The method of claim 9 , further comprising comparing, with the processor, the user statements for a plurality of languages being tested with at least one average and/or standard native speaker statement time for each tested language.

13. The method of claim 9 , further comprising pre-selecting, with the processor, at least one language to be tested for the user.

14. The method of claim 9 , wherein the predetermined number of at least one image with at least one non-corresponding label in at least one language is provided to the user in at least one of: a document, a picture, a drawing, an image, and/or a file.

15. The method of claim 9 , wherein the at least one image is merged with the at least one non-corresponding label.

16. The method of claim 9 , wherein the at least one image is at least one of: an object, a word, a picture, an illustration, a drawing, a document, a color, and/or a file.

17. The method of claim 9 , wherein the at least one non-corresponding label is at least one of: an object, a word, a picture, an illustration, a text, a color, and/or a file.

18. A system, comprising:

at least a processor;

at least a memory coupled to the processor;

at least an input device coupled to the system; and

one or more programs in memory, the one or more programs causing the processor to determine whether a user is misrepresenting an at least one language one in which he is not fluent, wherein

(i) the one or more programs prompt the user to enter and/or select at least one language;

(ii) the one or more programs display a predetermined number of at least one image with at least one non-corresponding label in the at least one language;

(iii) the user states the at least one image into the input device; and

(iv) the one or more programs time the at least one user statement to determine whether the at least one user statement was made with a delay.

19. The system of claim 18 , wherein the one or more programs pre-selects at least one language for testing.

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