IP Library Granted Patent US 10,885,530
Granted Patent B2
US 10,885,530 · App. 16/123,831 · Granted Jan 5, 2021

Digital credentials based on personality and health-based evaluation

Inventors: Mark Mercury (Minneapolis, MN); Jarin Schmidt (Eden Prairie, MN); E. Clarke Porter (Minneapolis, MN); Peter Pascale (Edina, MN); Andrew Stockinger (Bloomington, MN); Ronald D. Lancaster, Jr. (Saint Paul, MN)
Assignee: PEARSON EDUCATION, INC.
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Patent No.
US 10,885,530
App. No.
16/123,831
Granted
Jan 5, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Techniques relate to managing digital credentials. An operation evaluation system monitors, using sensors configured to detect physical attributes of a user in a physical environment, physical attributes of the user while the user performs a user action in a testing environment. Data corresponding to the physical attributes of the user is transmitted to one or more digital credential generators. A digital credential template associated with at least one of the physical attributes of the user is determined. For the digital credential template, a criteria associated with the digital credential template is retrieved and compared to the physical attributes. Based on the comparison, whether or not the user is eligible to receive a digital credential is determined based on the digital credential template, and, in response to determining that the user is eligible to receive a digital credential based on the digital credential template, a digital credential is generated.

Claims (77)

1. A system, comprising:

an operation evaluation system, including:

a plurality of sensors configured to detect biometric values of a user in a physical environment;

a processing unit comprising one or more processors;

a computer network connecting the plurality of sensors to the processing unit and a storage device of the operation evaluation system;

one or more network interfaces configured to transmit secure data to a digital credential generator; and

memory coupled with and readable by the processing unit and storing therein a set of instructions that, when executed by the processing unit, causes the operation evaluation system to:

monitor the biometric values of the user while the user performs a user action in a testing environment, and

transmit data corresponding to the biometric values of the user to one or more digital credential generators; and

a digital credential generator, comprising:

a processing unit comprising one or more processors; and

memory coupled with and readable by the processing unit and storing therein a set of instructions which, when executed by the processing unit, causes the digital credential generator to:

receive, from the operation evaluation system, data corresponding to the biometric values of the user,

determine a digital credential template associated with at least one of the biometric values of the user; and

for the digital credential template:

retrieve a criteria associated with the digital credential template,

compare at least one biometric value of the biometric values to the criteria,

determine, based on the comparison, whether or not the user is eligible to receive a digital credential based on the digital credential template, and

in response to determining that the user is eligible to receive a digital credential based on the digital credential template, generate a digital credential based on the digital credential template and user data associated with the user.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of sensors include a biometric sensor and the biometric values of the user include at least one of a blood pressure, a weight, and a DNA-based characteristic of the user.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the digital credential template is associated with a psychological characteristic of the user and the biometric values of the user includes an activity of the user in a simulated virtual reality or augmented reality environment.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the digital credential generator is further configured to:

access a remote computer server to retrieve at least one of a social media data and a web activity data associated with the user; and

evaluate the criteria associated with the digital credential template using the at least one of the social media data and the web activity data.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein generating the digital credential comprises:

determining a location associated with the physical environment;

determining a time associated with the performing the user action; and

embedding, within the digital credential, data identifying the location associated with the physical environment, and the time associated with performing the user action.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein generating the digital credential further comprises embedding, within the digital credential, one or more identifiers corresponding to the plurality of sensors configured to detect biometric values of the user.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operation evaluation system is configured to:

detect identifying data associated with the user, using one or more of the plurality of sensors;

analyze the identifying data associated with the user to determine an identity of the user, the analyzing comprising at least one of a facial recognition analysis or a biometric analysis; and

transmit the determined identity of the user to the digital credential generator.

8. A method, comprising:

monitoring, by an operation evaluation system and using a plurality of sensors configured to detect biometric values of a user in a physical environment, biometric values of the user while the user performs a user action in a testing environment;

transmitting data corresponding to the biometric values of the user to one or more digital credential generators;

receiving, from the operation evaluation system, data corresponding to the biometric values of the user;

determining a digital credential template associated with at least one of the biometric values of the user; and

for the digital credential template:

retrieving a criteria associated with the digital credential template,

comparing at least one biometric value of the biometric values to the criteria,

determining, based on the comparison, whether or not the user is eligible to receive a digital credential based on the digital credential template, and

in response to determining that the user is eligible to receive a digital credential based on the digital credential template, generating a digital credential based on the digital credential template and user data associated with the user.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the plurality of sensors include a biometric sensor and the biometric values of the user include at least one of a blood pressure, a weight, and a DNA-based characteristic of the user.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the digital credential template is associated with a psychological characteristic of the user and the biometric values of the user includes an activity of the user in a simulated virtual reality or augmented reality environment.

11. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

accessing a remote computer server to retrieve at least one of a social media data and a web activity data associated with the user; and

evaluating the criteria associated with the digital credential template using the at least one of the social media data and the web activity data.

12. The method of claim 8 , wherein generating the digital credential comprises:

determining a location associated with the physical environment;

determining a time associated with the performing the user action; and

embedding, within the digital credential, data identifying the location associated with the physical environment, and the time associated with performing the user action.

13. The method of claim 8 , wherein generating the digital credential further comprises embedding, within the digital credential, one or more identifiers corresponding to the plurality of sensors configured to detect biometric values of the user.

14. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

detecting identifying data associated with the user, using one or more of the plurality of sensors;

analyzing the identifying data associated with the user to determine an identity of the user, the analyzing comprising at least one of a facial recognition analysis or a biometric analysis; and

transmitting the determined identity of the user to a digital credential generator.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium, having instructions stored therein, which when executed by a computing device cause the computing device to perform a set of operations comprising:

monitoring, by an operation evaluation system and using a plurality of sensors configured to detect biometric values of a user in a physical environment, biometric values of the user while the user performs a user action in a testing environment;

transmitting data corresponding to the biometric values of the user to one or more digital credential generators;

receiving, from the operation evaluation system, data corresponding to the biometric values of the user;

determining a digital credential template associated with at least one of the biometric values of the user; and

for the digital credential template:

retrieving a criteria associated with the digital credential template,

comparing at least one biometric value of the biometric values to the criteria,

determining, based on the comparison, whether or not the user is eligible to receive a digital credential based on the digital credential template, and

in response to determining that the user is eligible to receive a digital credential based on the digital credential template, generating a digital credential based on the digital credential template and user data associated with the user.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the plurality of sensors include a biometric sensor and the biometric values of the user include at least one of a blood pressure, a weight, and a DNA-based characteristic of the user.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the digital credential template is associated with a psychological characteristic of the user and the biometric values of the user includes an activity of the user in a simulated virtual reality or augmented reality environment.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the instructions cause the computing device to perform further operations comprising:

accessing a remote computer server to retrieve at least one of a social media data and a web activity data associated with the user; and

evaluating the criteria associated with the digital credential template using the at least one of the social media data and the web activity data.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the instructions cause the computing device to perform generating the digital credential by:

determining a location associated with the physical environment;

determining a time associated with the performing the user action; and

embedding, within the digital credential, data identifying the location associated with the physical environment, and the time associated with performing the user action.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the instructions cause the computing device to perform generating the digital credential by embedding, within the digital credential, one or more identifiers corresponding to the plurality of sensors configured to detect biometric values of the user.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE CONVEYING PARTY'S EXECUTION DATES PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 046916 FRAME 0900. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST. Recorded Sep 27, 2018
From: MERCURY, MARK; SCHMIDT, JARIN; PORTER, E. CLARKE; PASCALE, PETER; STOCKINGER, ANDY; LANCASTER, RON
To: PEARSON EDUCATION, INC.
Reel/Frame 047158/0832 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 19, 2018
From: MERCURY, MARK; SCHMIDT, JARIN; PORTER, E. CLARKE; PASCALE, PETER; STOCKINGER, AMY; LANCASTER, RON
To: PEARSON EDUCATION, INC.
Reel/Frame 046916/0900 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62559433 · Sep 15, 2017
Related Publication 20190089701A1 · Mar 21, 2019
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