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  Online test pollingUSPTO Application #: 20080096180Title: Online test polling Abstract: An aspect of the present invention relates to an online test platform adapted to facilitate the development, delivery, and management of educational tests with interactive participation by students, teachers, proctors, and administrators even when some or all of them are remotely located. The platform may include administrator interfaces, test proctor interfaces, and test taker (e.g. student) interfaces to allow each participant to view, navigate, and interact with aspects of the online test platform that are intended to meet their needs. (end of abstract) Agent: Strategic Patents P.C.. - Minneapolis, MN, US Inventors: Timothy A. Rogers, John Bosko, Corey S. O'Brien, Raghubir S. Mutum USPTO Applicaton #: 20080096180 - Class: 434362000 (USPTO) Related Patent Categories: Education And Demonstration, Question Or Problem Eliciting Response, Electrical Means For Recording Examinee's Response The Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20080096180. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application claims the benefit of the following provisional applications, each of which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety: [0002] U.S. Provisional App. No. 60/825,246 filed on Sep. 11, 2006; and [0003] U.S. Provisional App. No. 60/941,984 filed on Jun. 5, 2007. BACKGROUND [0004] 1. Field [0005] This invention generally relates to computerized testing using a networked platform, such as the Internet, and it more specifically relates to polling in online testing. [0006] 2. Description of Related Art [0007] Computerized testing has advantages over written testing such as efficiency and reduction in paperwork. However, computerized testing systems can be improved to provide a substantially better testing environment for the student with greater control and interactivity by those administering tests. [0008] A need exists for improved computerized testing and testing administration methods and systems. SUMMARY [0009] Provided herein are methods and systems for an online test platform. [0010] In an aspect of the invention, methods and systems include providing a networked computing facility and an interface, such as a web browser, executing on the computing facility for participating in a test session of an online test platform, and restricting use of the computing facility to participating in the online test platform during the test session. [0011] In the methods and systems, the web browser may be secure. A user participating in the online test session may be an administrator of the computer. In the methods and systems, a proctor of the online test platform may lift the restriction, and a user of the computer may request to stop participating in the online test session. The request may be a signal from the computer to a proctor of the online test platform. [0012] In another aspect of the invention, methods and systems may include providing a server connected through the internet with a client computer to deliver an online test, displaying a test screen of the online test on the client computer, receiving, at the client computer, test screen update information from the server, and assembling a next test screen while displaying a current test screen. [0013] In the methods and systems, receiving data may overlap with displaying data. The methods and systems may further include displaying the next test screen immediately after a user has completed the current test screen. Assembling may occur after a user has completed the current test screen. Displaying the next test screen may immediately occur after assembling the next test screen. [0014] In another aspect of the invention, methods and systems may include providing a server connected through the internet with a plurality of client computers to deliver an online test, providing an adjustable polling period, setting the polling period based on an aspect of the online test, polling at least one of the plurality of client computers by the server at least once per polling period, and maintaining on the server a record of the client computer status associated with the delivery of the online test. [0015] In the methods and systems, setting may include sending the polling period to the client. The record may include the polling period, the polling period may be set by the server. [0016] In the methods and systems, an aspect of the online test may include a number of client computers connected to the server or the number of client computers participating in the online test delivery. The record may include test results provided by the client computer. [0017] In another aspect of the invention, methods and systems may include providing a test center with a plurality of computers, providing a plurality of test takers, each using a computer in the test center, communicating test information over the internet between a server and a web browser of each computer being used by a test taker, and independently testing each test taker in the test center over the internet. [0018] The methods and systems may include providing a proctor of the test using a computer in the test center. The proctor may communicate over the internet to test takers through the server. The proctor may view the status of at least some of the test takers visually or over the internet. The proctor may be remotely located. [0019] In another aspect of the invention, methods and systems may include providing a summary screen of answers to an online test session, selecting an answer on the summary screen, displaying a review screen of the selected answer, updating the selected answer on the review screen, and displaying the summary screen of test answers with the updated selected answer. In the methods and systems the updated selected answer may be the answer chosen during the test session. [0020] In another aspect of the invention, methods and systems may include providing a networked computer, providing a web browser executing on the computer, assembling test screen animations in real-time based on test information provided by a server connected to the computer over the internet, and displaying the test screen animations to deliver an online test. In an embodiment, the test screen animation may be assembled in real time the first time that day that the test may be requested. After that, if the test has not changed, the students who request that same test may be able to load a cached, compiled version of the test screen animation. Determining if a test may have changed may involve running a check against the version that was compiled and an updated flag in the database. [0021] In embodiments, a proctoring interface may be associated with an online test platform. In embodiments, a proctoring interface may be provided that includes welcome and proctoring screens. A proctor or plurality of proctors may be able to select a current time frame of tests on a welcome screen of the proctoring interface. Continue reading... Full patent description for Online test polling Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims Click on the above for other options relating to this Online test polling patent application. ###  How KEYWORD MONITOR works... a FREE service from FreshPatents1. Sign up (takes 30 seconds). 2. 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