Teaching aid system and method

• US 20070196796A1
• Filed: 02/21/2006
• Published: 08/23/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 02/21/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Darren Strother, James Poysky
• Original Assignee: Darren Strother, James Poysky
• Inventors: Poysky, James, Strother, Darren
• Application Number:
  US11/358,809
• Publication Number:
  US 20070196796A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/169
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/00 Electrically-operated educational appliances working with questions and answers G09B7/00; simulators G09B9/00; advertising or displaying in general G09F

Abstract

A teaching aid system. The teaching aid system comprises a base station controller, a remote control device operatively connected to the base station controller, with the remote control device emitting a signal representative of a tone, and wherein the remote control device is selectively activated. The teaching aid system further includes a microphone operatively connected to the base station controller, with the microphone converting voice into a signal duplicating the voice, and emitting the voice signal. The teaching aid system further comprises a plurality of receivers that receive the tone signal and the voice signal. In the most preferred embodiment, the receivers are an earpiece. A method of redirecting the attention of a student in a classroom is also disclosed.

Claims

1. A teaching aid system comprising:

a base station controller;

a remote control device operatively connected to said base station controller, said remote control device emitting a signal representative of a tone, and wherein said remote control device is selectively activated;

a microphone for converting voice into a signal duplicating the voice, and emitting said voice signal;

a plurality of receivers, said receivers receiving the tone signal and the voice signal.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the receivers are an earpiece.

3. The system of claim 2 wherein the tone signal is emitted at a plurality of selective frequency levels.

4. The system of claim 3 wherein the voice signal is generated using frequency modulation.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein the base station controller comprises means for recording and storing the occurrence of the generation of the tone signal is a digital file record.

6. The system of claim 5 wherein the receivers contain a proximity sensor for determining whether the receivers leave a predetermined distance from the base station controller.

7. The system of claim 5 wherein the base station controller further contains means for transferring the digital file record to a central server.

8. The system of claim 7 wherein said central server contains a web interface, and wherein a user computer can access the central server via the web interface.

9. The system of claim 8 wherein the base station controller contains means for paging the receivers.

10. The system of claim 8 further comprising a plurality of base station controllers located in a plurality of classrooms, and wherein a plurality of remote control devices are operatively connected to said plurality of base station controllers, and wherein each classroom contains a plurality of receivers, and wherein each classroom contains a single remote control device operatively associated with said plurality of receivers.

11. A teaching aid system comprising:

at a remote location;

a central server;

at a classroom;

a base station controller, said base station controller having means for communicating with said central server;

a remote control device operatively connected to said base station controller, said remote control device emitting an electromagnetic (EM) signal representative of a tone, and wherein said remote control device is selectively activated;

a microphone for converting a voice waveform into an EM signal duplicating the voice;

a plurality of receivers, said receivers receiving the tone EM signal and the voice EM signal.

12. The teaching aid system of claim 11 wherein said central server contains a web server interface, and the system further comprises at the remote location a user computer that contains a web server client for communicating with said central server.

13. The teaching aid system of claim 12 wherein the central server contains a plurality of auditory redirection tone files, and wherein said central server communicates said auditory redirection tone files to said base station controller.

14. The teaching aid system of claim 13 wherein said auditory redirection tone files comprises tones having different frequencies.

15. The teaching aid system of claim 12 wherein the receivers are an earpiece.

16. The teaching aid system of claim 15 wherein the tone EM signal is emitted at a plurality of selective frequency levels.

17. The teaching aid system of claim 16 wherein the voice EM signal is generated using frequency modulation.

18. The teaching aid system of claim 11 wherein the base station controller comprises means for recording and storing the occurrence of the generation of the tone EM signal in a digital file record.

19. The teaching aid system of claim 18 wherein the receivers contain a proximity sensor for determining whether the receivers leave a predetermined distance from the base station controller.

20. The teaching aid system of claim 18 wherein the base station controller further contains means for transferring the digital file record to the central server.

21. The teaching aid system of claim 20 wherein said central server contains a web interface, and wherein a user computer can access the central server via the web interface.

22. The teaching aid system of claim 21 wherein the base station controller contains means for paging the receivers.

23. A method of redirecting the attention of a student in a classroom, wherein the method includes:

providing in the classroom;

a base station controller;

a remote control device operatively connected to said base station controller, said remote control device emitting an electromagnetic (EM) signal representative of an auditory redirection tone, and wherein said remote control device is selectively activated;

converting a voice waveform into an EM signal with a microphone, and wherein the EM signal duplicates the voice waveform;

sending a first EM auditory redirection tone from said remote control device;

receiving the first EM auditory redirection tone with a first receiver that receives the EM auditory redirection tone and the EM voice signal;

receiving the EM voice signal with the first receiver;

storing the occurrence of the first EM auditory redirection tone in a digital file record in the base station controller;

transferring the digital file record to a central server.

24. The method of claim 23 further comprising:

sounding an alarm when the first receiver travels beyond a predetermined distance.

25. The method of claim 23 further comprising:

sending a second EM auditory redirection tone from said remote control device;

receiving the second EM auditory redirection tone at a second receiver without interfering with the first receiver.

26. The method of claim 25 further comprising:

sending a third EM auditory redirection tone from said remote control device;

receiving the third EM auditory redirection tone at a third receiver without interfering with the first or second receiver.

27. The method of claim 23 further comprising:

storing a plurality of digital tone files in the central server;

transmitting the plurality of digital tone files to the base station controller;

receiving the plurality of digital tone files at the base station controller.

28. A teaching aid system comprising:

at a remote location;

a server;

at a central location;

multiple classrooms, wherein each individual classroom contains;

a base station controller, said base station controller having means for communicating with said server;

a first remote control device operatively connected to said base station controller, said first remote control transmitting an electromagnetic (EM) signal representative of a tone, and wherein said first remote control device is selectively activated;

a microphone for converting a voice waveform into an EM signal duplicating the voice waveform;

a plurality of receivers, said receivers receiving the tone EM signal and the voice EM signal;

and wherein transmission of the tone EM signal from said remote control device within one classroom does not interfere with the transmission of tone EM signal from a second remote control device within another classroom.

29. The system of claim 28 wherein said server contains a web server interface, and the system further comprises at the remote location a user computer that contains a web server client for communicating with said server.

30. The system of claim 29 wherein the server contains a plurality of auditory redirection tone files, and wherein said server communicates said auditory redirection tone files to said base station controllers.

31. The system of claim 30 wherein said auditory redirection tone files contains tones having different decibel levels.

32. The system of claim 31 wherein the receivers are an earpiece.

33. The system of claim 32 wherein the tone EM signal is emitted at a plurality of selective frequency levels.

34. The system of claim 33 wherein the voice EM signal is generated using frequency modulation.

35. The system of claim 28 wherein the base station controllers comprise means for recording and storing the occurrence of the generation of the tone EM signal into a digital file record.

36. The system of claim 35 wherein the receivers contain a proximity sensor for determining whether the receivers leave a predetermined distance from the base station controller.

37. The system of claim 35 wherein the base station controller further contains means for transferring the digital file record to the server.

38. The system of claim 37 wherein said server contains means for transferring the digital file record to the user computer.

39. The system of claim 38 wherein the base station controller contains a means for paging the receivers.

40. A teaching aid system for multiple classrooms, the system comprising within each individual classroom:

a base station having a controller, said controller having means for communicating with a server;

a remote control device operatively connected to said base station, said remote control device emitting an electromagnetic (EM) signal representative of a tone, and wherein said remote control device is selectively activated;

a microphone for converting voice into an EM signal duplicating the voice;

a plurality of receivers, said receivers receiving the tone EM signal and the voice EM signal and generating a tone and voice duplicating the tone EM and the voice EM;

and wherein transmission of the tone EM signals from said remote control device within one classroom does not interfere with the transmission of tone EM signal from another remote control device within another classroom.

41. A teaching aid system comprising:

at a remote location;

a server;

at a first location;

a first teaching aid system operatively associated with a first set of classrooms;

at a second location;

a second teaching aid system operatively associated with a second set of classrooms;

wherein said first and second teaching aid system within said first and second set of classrooms comprises;

a base station controller, said base station controller having means for communicating with said server;

a remote control device operatively connected to said base station controller, said remote control transmitting a signal representative of a tone, and wherein said remote control device is selectively activated;

a microphone for converting a voice waveform into a signal duplicating the voice waveform;

a plurality of receivers, said receivers receiving the tone signal and the voice signal and generating a tone and voice duplicating the tone EM and the voice EM;

wherein the occurrence of the transmission of the signals is stored within said base station controller in a digital file record;

and wherein transmission of the signals from said remote control device within said first set of classrooms does not interfere with the transmission of signals from another remote control device within said second set of classrooms.

42. The teaching aid system of claim 41 wherein said server contains a web server interface, and the system further comprises a user computer that contains a web server client for communicating with said server.