Interactive teaching web application
First Claim
1. A learning system, comprising:
- a web server for communicating with browser web pages disposed on network clients;
a learning system application hosted on the web server and able to communicate with individual ones of said web pages; and
a database of collected subject text, reference text, and media related to the subject text, wherein the subject text is divided into portions, the reference text is divided into portions corresponding to the subject text portions, and the related media is coordinated by timing marks with respect to the subject text portions, the learning system application being configured to communicate with the database and the web pages such that if a user of one of the web pages selects one of the portions the user is enabled to play an associated portion of the related media and is enabled to display an associated portion of the reference text, and wherein the user is enabled to annotate the selected portion or make an audio recording associated with the selected portion such that the annotation and the audio recording becomes part of the database.
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Abstract
The invention is an internet based system for developing skills in internet users. The system is a database and application on web servers, communicating over the internet with user client browser applications. The database contains subject texts, associated system and user reference materials. The subject texts are divided into portions, words and phrases, for reference purposes. The system reference materials are text, and media divided into portions corresponding to particular portions of the divided subject text. The user selects a subject text; renders it into a web page, navigates through it, displaying and playing the system reference material dynamically given the particular portion of the subject text.
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21 Claims
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1. A learning system, comprising:
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a web server for communicating with browser web pages disposed on network clients;
a learning system application hosted on the web server and able to communicate with individual ones of said web pages; and
a database of collected subject text, reference text, and media related to the subject text, wherein the subject text is divided into portions, the reference text is divided into portions corresponding to the subject text portions, and the related media is coordinated by timing marks with respect to the subject text portions, the learning system application being configured to communicate with the database and the web pages such that if a user of one of the web pages selects one of the portions the user is enabled to play an associated portion of the related media and is enabled to display an associated portion of the reference text, and wherein the user is enabled to annotate the selected portion or make an audio recording associated with the selected portion such that the annotation and the audio recording becomes part of the database. - View Dependent Claims (2, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A learning system, comprising:
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a web server for communicating with browser web pages disposed on network clients;
a learning system application hosted on the web server and able to communicate with individual ones of the web pages such that each web page comprises a subject frame, a notation frame, a reference frame, and a media frame; and
a database of subject text, reference text, and media related to the subject text, wherein the wherein the subject text is divided into portions, the reference text is divided into portions corresponding to the subject text portions, and the related media is coordinated by timing marks with respect to the subject text portions, the learning system application being configured to communicate with the database and the web pages such that if a user of one of the web pages selects one of the portions displayed in a subject frame the user is enabled to play an associated portion of the media in the media frame and is enabled to display an associated portion of the reference text in the reference frame, and wherein the user is enabled to annotate the selected portion or record an audio associated with the selected portion within the notation frame such that the annotation and the audio recording becomes part of the database. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. A learning method using a web server for communicating with browser web pages disposed on network clients;
- a learning system application hosted on the web server and able to communicate with individual ones of the web pages; and
a database of collected subject text, reference text, and media related to the subject text, wherein the subject text is divided into portions, the reference text is divided into portions corresponding to the subject text portions, and the related media is coordinated by timing marks with respect to the subject text portions, the method comprising;
within one of the network clients;
displaying a portion of the subject text;
selecting the displayed portion of the subject text such that an associated portion of the media plays through the network client; and
annotating the selected portion with user-added text such that the user'"'"'s added text becomes part of the database. - View Dependent Claims (21)
- a learning system application hosted on the web server and able to communicate with individual ones of the web pages; and
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