System for teaching about an apparatus provided with a plurality of functionalities, an apparatus involved in such a system and a method implemented in such a system

• US 20030118977A1
• Filed: 11/25/2002
• Published: 06/26/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Oudejans, Sandra
• Application Number:
  US10/304,130
• Publication Number:
  US 20030118977A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/350
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/00 Teaching not covered by other main groups of this subclass teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying F41G3/26
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/00 Electrically-operated teaching apparatus or devices working with questions and answers mechanically operated G09B3/00; computing arrangements G06F

Abstract

This system is intended for teaching about an apparatus (12) provided with a plurality of functionalities which the users have difficulty in exploring. This system is formed by a server device (5) for supplying, via the Internet (10), questions concerning the possibilities of said apparatus. Each correct response gives rise to the allocation of points and makes it possible to continue. The users who obtain the highest scores are rewarded. Thus, by virtue of this system, the users acquire good knowledge of the apparatus, which encourages their loyalty. In addition, by analyzing certain responses, the manufacturer knows the functionalities which he has to develop. Application: Teaching about apparatus with complex functionalities.

Claims

1. A system for teaching about an apparatus provided with a plurality of functionalities, characterized in that it is formed by a server device for supplying questions concerning the possibilities of said apparatus, for attributing points to each user of the server device and for determining a reward for the users who have the most points.

2. A system as claimed in claim 1, for which said apparatus is provided with telecommunication means, characterized in that said means are used for a connection with said server device.

3. A system as claimed in claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the server device has profile means for determining the profile of the user.

4. A system as claimed in one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the server device has statistical means for determining the preferred functionalities of the users with a view to developing them on a future apparatus.

5. A system as claimed in claim 4, characterized in that, for functionalities, an interest criterion is associated.

6. An apparatus used in a system as claimed in one of claims 1 to 5.

7. An apparatus whose functionalities are defined by a system as claimed in one of claims 1 to 5.

8. A method for enhancing with users an apparatus having a plurality of functionalities, characterized in that it includes the following steps of:

putting on a server, of the Internet type in particular, a questionnaire concerning the use of the apparatus,

establishing a score for the correct responses to the questions in said questionnaire,

rewarding the best users, based on said score.

9. A method as claimed in claim 8, characterized in that it also includes an additional step for indicating the interest of the functionalities with a view to developing them on a future apparatus.