SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTE EDUCATION USING A MEMORY CARD
First Claim
1. A system to distribute media programs, comprising:
- a processor unit configured to present material to an individual and receive responses from the individual; and
a server configured to communicate with the processor unit through at least one communication network and access a computer readable medium storing one or more media programs, wherein (i) the server is remotely situated from the processor unit, (ii) the server is configured to communicate one of the one or more media programs to the processor unit based upon an identification code received from the processor unit, (iii) the processor unit is configured to communicate the responses received from the individual to the server and (iv) the identification code is used to direct the media program to a particular individual or a group of individuals.
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Abstract
The invention describes a system and method for allowing an individual to view an educational program remotely. In the preferred embodiment, the invention is used as a healthcare education system. The system comprises a file server which is connected to a database holding the educational programs. A remote interface connected to the file server allows an administrator to assign educational programs to an individual. The remote interface also includes a memory card writer which records the individual'"'"'s identification code and the address of the file server on a memory card. The individual is given the memory card to take home. When the individual places the memory card in the memory card reader of a multimedia processor, the processor uses the file server address to automatically connect to the file server. The file server receives the individual'"'"'s identification code from the processor, retrieves the corresponding educational program from the database, and sends the program to the processor to be displayed. After the individual has watched the educational program, completion data in the form of the date and time the program was watched, or the individual'"'"'s response, is sent from the multimedia processor to the file server. The completion data can then be viewed by the administrator on a report screen.
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1. A system to distribute media programs, comprising:
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a processor unit configured to present material to an individual and receive responses from the individual; and
a server configured to communicate with the processor unit through at least one communication network and access a computer readable medium storing one or more media programs, wherein (i) the server is remotely situated from the processor unit, (ii) the server is configured to communicate one of the one or more media programs to the processor unit based upon an identification code received from the processor unit, (iii) the processor unit is configured to communicate the responses received from the individual to the server and (iv) the identification code is used to direct the media program to a particular individual or a group of individuals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for distributing media programs, comprising the steps of:
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(A) storing one or more media programs in a computer readable medium accessible by a server, wherein said server is configured to communicate with one or more remotely located processor units via at least one communication network;
(B) associating one or more pointers to said one or more media programs stored in said computer readable medium with one or more identification codes, wherein said one or more identification codes are used to direct said one or more media programs to a particular individual or group of individuals;
(C) programming one or more data storage cards with at least one of said one or more identification codes and link information for establishing a communication link with said server; and
(D) distributing said one or more data storage cards to one or more individuals. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A computer readable medium containing computer readable data encoding:
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an identification code, wherein said identification code is used to direct one or more media programs to a particular individual or group of individuals; and
information for establishing a communication link with a server and a processor unit, wherein (a) the server is remotely situated from the processor unit, (b) the server is configured to communicate at least one of one or more media programs stored in a computer accessible database to the processor unit via at least one communication network based upon the identification code, (c) the processor unit is configured to access the computer readable medium and (d) the processor unit is configured to (i) read the identification code and information for establishing the communication link with the server from the computer readable medium, (ii) present the at least one of the one or more media programs received from the server to an individual and (iii) communicate one or more responses received from the individual to the server via the at least one communication network. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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