System and method for remotely accessing an educational course over a communications network
First Claim
1. A method of remotely accessing an educational course stored on a database, comprising the steps of:
- downloading, onto a handheld device, at least one portion of the educational course from the database at a time when the handheld device can establish a communication link with the database; and
storing the at least one portion of the educational course on the handheld device for viewing at a time chosen by a user of the handheld device.
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Abstract
A system and method of remotely accessing an educational course comprised of a plurality of educational modules stored in a database server is provided that allow a user to download an educational module into a handheld device, such as a Palm Pilot™. The educational modules are downloaded at a time when the user can establish a communication link with the database server that contains the educational modules. Because the educational modules are downloaded into memory of the handheld device, the educational modules can be read at a time that is convenient to the user without having to establish a communication link with the database server.
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1. A method of remotely accessing an educational course stored on a database, comprising the steps of:
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downloading, onto a handheld device, at least one portion of the educational course from the database at a time when the handheld device can establish a communication link with the database; and
storing the at least one portion of the educational course on the handheld device for viewing at a time chosen by a user of the handheld device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method of providing remote access to an educational course, comprising the steps of:
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converting the educational course into a plurality of educational modules that are readable by and storable on a handheld device; and
transferring at least one of the educational modules to the handheld device through a communication link initiated by the handheld device, wherein the at least one transferred educational module is selectively viewable by a user. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A method of remotely accessing an educational course with a handheld device, comprising the steps of:
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establishing a communication link between the handheld device and a database containing the educational course, wherein the educational course comprises a plurality of educational modules that are readable and storable on the handheld device;
receiving at least one of the educational modules through the communication link; and
storing the at least one educational module on the handheld device for selective viewing by a user of the handheld device. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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49. A system for providing remote access to an educational course, comprising:
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a handheld device; and
a server that stores the educational course as a plurality of educational modules readable by and storable on the handheld device, wherein the server is configured to transfer at least one of the educational modules to the handheld device through a communication link initiated by the handheld device. - View Dependent Claims (50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60)
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