System and method for interactive education

• US 20090215019A1
• Filed: 04/29/2009
• Published: 08/27/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/09/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hydro-Innovation Corp.
• Original Assignee: Hydro-Innovation Corp.
• Inventors: Cresci, Timothy
• Application Number:
  US12/387,209
• Publication Number:
  US 20090215019A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/350
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/00 Commerce
• 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

A method for interactive education includes publicly broadcasting an educational program at a first time, inciting a user to record the educational program, inciting a student to view the educational program at a second time later than the first time, inciting the student to use a computer processor and an information connection to log into an education server, and inciting the student to input information regarding the educational program into the education server.

Claims

1. A method for interactive education, comprising:

publicly broadcasting an educational program at a first time;

inciting a user to record the educational program;

inciting a student to view the educational program at a second time later than the first time;

inciting the student to use a computer processor and an information connection to log into an education server; and

inciting the student to input information regarding the educational program into the education server.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising broadcasting a commercial advertisement immediately before, during, or immediately after the educational program.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

inciting a local television broadcaster to merge with a local newspaper to thereby free resources; and

using the freed resources at least in part to produce the educational program.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the input information corresponds to at least one of:

answers to a test related to the educational program;

a question related to the educational program; and

attendance related to the educational program.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first time occurs at some period between 12 a.m. and 6 a.m.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second time occurs at least two hours after the first time.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

communicating a web address through the educational program; and

inciting the student to use the computer processor and the information connection to access information identified by the web address.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

communicating information corresponding to a web address through the educational program; and

causing the student to access information identified by the web address via the computer processor and the information connection, said causing comprising at least one of;

transmitting a sound that is receivable and decodable by the computer processor; and

transmitting electromagnetic radiation that is receivable and decodable by the computer processor.

9. A method for interactive education, comprising:

publicly broadcasting an educational program;

inciting a student to use a computer processor and an information connection to log into an education server;

inciting the student to input information regarding the educational program into the education server;

communicating a web address through the educational program; and

inciting the student to use the computer processor and the information connection to access information identified by the web address.

10. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the web address corresponds to a website of a local television broadcaster.

11. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the web address corresponds to a website of a local newspaper.

12. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the educational program is affected at least in part by the information input by the student.

13. The method as claimed in claim 9, further comprising broadcasting a commercial advertisement immediately before, during, or immediately after the educational program.

14. The method as claimed in claim 9, further comprising:

inciting a local television broadcaster to merge with a local newspaper to thereby free resources; and

using the freed resources at least in part to produce the educational program.

15. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the input information corresponds to at least one of:

answers to a test related to the educational program;

a question related to the educational program; and

attendance related to the educational program.

16. A method for interactive education, comprising:

publicly broadcasting an educational program;

communicating information corresponding to a web address through the educational program; and

causing a student to access information identified by the web address via a computer processor and an information connection, said causing comprising at least one of;

transmitting a sound that is receivable and decodable by the computer processor; and

transmitting electromagnetic radiation that is receivable and decodable by the computer processor.

17. The method as claimed in claim 16, further comprising providing the student with a hand-held controller connected to the computer processor and configured to provide a point sight on a display displaying the educational program and to read the information corresponding to the web address.

18. The method as claimed in claim 16, wherein said causing comprises transmitting a sound that is receivable and decodable by the computer processor.

19. The method as claimed in claim 16, wherein said causing comprises transmitting electromagnetic radiation that is receivable and decodable by the computer processor.

20. The method as claimed in claim 16, wherein said publicly broadcasting comprises at least one of radio television broadcasting, cable television broadcasting, and satellite television broadcasting, and does not comprise Internet broadcasting.