System of Delivering Interactive Seminars, and Related Method
First Claim
1. A system of delivering interactive seminars to one or more participants, comprising a first electronic means, playing on at least one player apparatus at least one movie comprising a set of sub-movies and one or more selection requesting graphic interfaces, said first electronic means being network connected with a second electronic means of interaction of said one or more participants, wherein said first electronic means plays at least one sequence of two or more of said sub-movies conditional on one or more selections made by at least one participant through said second electronic means, at least one of said one or more selections being made at the end of playing a first sub-movie for selecting a second sub-movie within a sub-set of sub-movies corresponding to the first sub-movie, at least one selection requesting graphic interface corresponding to the first sub-movie being displayed at the end of playing the first sub-movie.
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Abstract
The present invention concerns a system of delivering interactive seminars that allows, in particular, the projection of interactive movies, enjoyed by groups of people attending the seminars with the possible supervision of a tutor, apt to modify their own story depending on decisions and behaviours of the audience, the system stimulating the attention of the participants through the stimulus of all the sensory channels controlling the learning process, ensuring a strong involvement of the participants with the maximum reproducibility of the instructive results, the system being extremely efficient, reliable, and simple to use. The present invention further concerns the related method of delivering interactive seminars, and the instruments and the apparatuses of the system.
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77 Claims
- 1. A system of delivering interactive seminars to one or more participants, comprising a first electronic means, playing on at least one player apparatus at least one movie comprising a set of sub-movies and one or more selection requesting graphic interfaces, said first electronic means being network connected with a second electronic means of interaction of said one or more participants, wherein said first electronic means plays at least one sequence of two or more of said sub-movies conditional on one or more selections made by at least one participant through said second electronic means, at least one of said one or more selections being made at the end of playing a first sub-movie for selecting a second sub-movie within a sub-set of sub-movies corresponding to the first sub-movie, at least one selection requesting graphic interface corresponding to the first sub-movie being displayed at the end of playing the first sub-movie.
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42. An interaction apparatus, comprising at least one keypad and/or at least one screen and/or at least one telecamera and/or at least one microphone and/or at least one processing logical device, wherein said interaction apparatus is apt to be used as an interaction unit in a system of delivering interactive seminars to one or more participants,
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a first electronic means playing on at least one player apparatus at least one movie comprising a set of sub-movies and one or more selection requesting graphic interfaces, said first electronic means being network connected with a second electronic means of interaction of said one or more participants, said second electronic means comprising at least one interaction unit, which is the interaction apparatus, for each one of said one or more participants, wherein said first electronic means plays at least one sequence of two or more of said sub-movies conditional on one or more selections made by at least one participant through said second electronic means, at least one of said one or more selections being made at the end of playing a first sub-movie for selecting a second sub-movie within a sub-set of sub-movies corresponding to the first sub-movie, at least one selection requesting graphic interface corresponding to the first sub-movie being displayed at the end of playing the first sub-movie.
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43. A system computer, apt to control at least one player apparatus, wherein said system computer is apt to be used as a main server in a system of delivering interactive seminars to one or more participants wherein said system comprises:
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a first electronic means playing on said at least one player apparatus at least one movie comprising a set of sub-movies and one or more selection requesting graphic interfaces, said first electronic means being network connected with a second electronic means of interaction of said one or more participants wherein said first electronic means plays at least one sequence of two or more of said sub-movies conditional on one or more selections made by at least one participant through said second electronic means, at least one of said one or more selections being made at the end of playing a first sub-movie for selecting a second sub-movie within a sub-set of sub-movies corresponding to the first sub-movie, at least one selection requesting graphic interface corresponding to the first sub-movie being displayed at the end of playing the first sub-movie, said first electronic means comprising at least two servers connected in a wired and/or wireless network, said at least two servers comprising;
the main server, which is the system computer;
a communications server, apt to communicate with said second electronic means; and
a third server provided with a microphone and/or an infrared ray telecamera, through which a tutor interacts with the system, the communications server being connected to the main server and to the third server, the main server playing said at least one sequence of two or more of said sub-movies conditional on one or more selections made by at least one participant, on the basis of one or more signals coming from said second electronic means and routed by the communications server, the main server being apt to play on said at least one player apparatus at least one audio signal and/or at least one video signal coming from the third server and routed by the communications server, the third server receiving through the communications server signals coming from the main server and/or from said second electronic means and playing images and/or sounds corresponding to the received signals on at least one display and/or an acoustic player.
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44. A system computer, apt to communicate with an interaction electronic means (also referred to herein as a second electronic means), wherein said system computer is apt to be used as a communications server in a system of delivering interactive seminars to one or more participants wherein said system comprises:
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a first electronic means playing on at least one player apparatus at least one movie comprising a set of sub-movies and one or more selection requesting graphic interfaces, said first electronic means being network connected with said second electronic means of interaction of said one or more participants wherein said first electronic means plays at least one sequence of two or more of said sub-movies conditional on one or more selections made by at least one participant through said second electronic means, at least one of said one or more selections being made at the end of playing a first sub-movie for selecting a second sub-movie within a sub-set of sub-movies corresponding to the first sub-movie, at least one selection requesting graphic interface corresponding to the first sub-movie being displayed at the end of playing the first sub-movie, said first electronic means comprising at least two servers connected in a wired and/or wireless network, said at least two servers comprising;
a main server, apt to control said at least one player apparatus;
the communications server, which is the system computer; and
a third server provided with a microphone and/or an infrared ray telecamera, through which a tutor interacts with the system, the communications server being connected to the main server and to the third server, the main server playing said at least one sequence of two or more of said sub-movies conditional on one or more selections made by at least one participant, on the basis of one or more signals coming from said second electronic means and routed by the communications server, the main server being apt to play on said at least one player apparatus at least one audio signal and/or at least one video signal coming from the third server and routed by the communications server, the third server receiving through the communications server signals coming from the main server and/or from said second electronic means and playing images and/or sounds corresponding to the received signals on at least one display and/or an acoustic player.
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45. A system computer, provided with microphone and/or infrared ray telecamera, wherein said system computer is apt to be used as a third server in a system of delivering interactive seminars to one or more participants, wherein said system comprises:
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a first electronic means playing on said at least one player apparatus at least one movie comprising a set of sub-movies and one or more selection requesting graphic interfaces, said first electronic means being network connected with a second electronic means of interaction of said one or more participants wherein said first electronic means plays at least one sequence of two or more of said sub-movies conditional on one or more selections made by at least one participant through said second electronic means, at least one of said one or more selections being made at the end of playing a first sub-movie for selecting a second sub-movie within a sub-set of sub-movies corresponding to the first sub-movie, at least one selection requesting graphic interface corresponding to the first sub-movie being displayed at the end of playing the first sub-movie, said first electronic means comprising at least two servers connected in a wired and/or wireless network, said at least two servers comprising;
a main server, apt to control said at least one player apparatus;
a communications server, apt to communicate with said second electronic means; and
the third server, which is the system computer, through which a tutor interacts with the system, the communications server being connected to the main server and to the third server, the main server playing said at least one sequence of two or more of said sub-movies conditional on one or more selections made by at least one participant, on the basis of one or more signals coming from said second electronic means and routed by the communications server, the main server being apt to play on said at least one player apparatus at least one audio signal and/or at least one video signal coming from the third server and routed by the communications server, the third server receiving through the communications server signals coming from the main server and/or from said second electronic means and playing images and/or sounds corresponding to the received signals on at least one display and/or an acoustic player.
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46. A method of delivering interactive seminars to one or more participants, comprising:
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controlling through a first electronic means the playing on at least one player apparatus of at least one movie comprising a set of sub-movies and one or more selection requesting graphic interfaces;
the method being at least one sequence of two or more of said sub-movies is conditional on one or more selections made by at least one participant through second electronic means connected to said first electronic means, at least one of said one or more selections being made at the end of playing of a first sub-movie for selecting a second sub-movie within a sub-set of sub-movies corresponding to the first sub-movie, at least one selection requesting graphic interface corresponding to the first sub-movie being displayed at the end of playing of the first sub-movie. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77)
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