Software-based system for educational tools
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1. A computer-based bicycle maintenance resource, including:
- a computer running a software program for dynamically creating a plurality of interrelated scenes for display;
a user-interface for displaying said scenes, wherein a plurality of the scenes represent hierarchical menu screens and where a main menu screen utilizes an image of a bicycle for the selection of menu items by a user rolling over the item and selecting the item; and
a user input device, where the user'"'"'s selection of an item with the user input device will result in the display of the selected one of a plurality of modules and any components therein.
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Abstract
The present invention is a method and apparatus for the development and implementation of complex educational and training software systems. The system employs a macromedia software engine that, using a tag-based text document as an input, is capable of creating customizable macromedia output for display via a computer and through a network.
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1. A computer-based bicycle maintenance resource, including:
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a computer running a software program for dynamically creating a plurality of interrelated scenes for display;
a user-interface for displaying said scenes, wherein a plurality of the scenes represent hierarchical menu screens and where a main menu screen utilizes an image of a bicycle for the selection of menu items by a user rolling over the item and selecting the item; and
a user input device, where the user'"'"'s selection of an item with the user input device will result in the display of the selected one of a plurality of modules and any components therein. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer-based training resource, including:
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a computer running a software program for dynamically creating a plurality of scenes for display;
a user-interface for displaying said scenes, wherein a plurality of the scenes represent a plurality of menu screens and where a main menu screen utilizes an image to which the training is directed and lower level menu screens depict particular components or portions of the image; and
wherein the image is selected from a database of images, where each of said images includes an identifier of the manufacturer of an item depicted in the image, wherein the images may be inserted into the user-interface in accordance with a pre-selected identifier. - View Dependent Claims (12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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13. A computer-based media development resource, including:
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a computer running a software program for dynamically creating a plurality of scenes for display;
a user-interface for displaying said scenes, wherein a plurality of the scenes represent a plurality of menu screens and where a main menu screen utilizes an image with which the resource is related, and lower level menu screens depict particular components or portions of said image; and
a database of sub-images, each depicting elements of the image, wherein each of said sub-images includes a unique identifier to control its dynamic display in the user-interface.
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14. A method for the dynamic display of computer-generated media, including the steps of:
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creating a text-based document to direct the display of the computer-generated media;
parsing the text-based document to determine relationships between elements of the computer-generated media; and
generating, in response to step of parsing the text-based document, a software program incorporating graphical and textual information defined by the text-based document.
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