Education utility
First Claim
1. A method of distributing educational information in digital form to a plurality of schools comprising:
- (a) transmitting the information from a central location;
(b) simultaneously receiving said information at a plurality of schools and storing said information;
(c) subsequently providing simultaneous access to said information by a plurality of students; and
(d) keeping track of usage of said information and reporting back to the sender the level of usage to permit charging usage and royalty fees.
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Abstract
A system for distributing educational information in digital form to a plurality of schools simultaneously transmits the information via a satellite (15) to FM stations (18) which retransmit to schools having receivers for receiving the information and a main computer (101) for storing the information. Access to the information is subsequently provided to a plurality of students via classroom computers (111) and individual terminals (121). Usage and performance data is automatically stored in the main computer (101) and sent to the sender by dial-up modem (105) to keep track of usage and to permit billing usage and royalty charges.
329 Citations
39 Claims
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1. A method of distributing educational information in digital form to a plurality of schools comprising:
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(a) transmitting the information from a central location; (b) simultaneously receiving said information at a plurality of schools and storing said information; (c) subsequently providing simultaneous access to said information by a plurality of students; and (d) keeping track of usage of said information and reporting back to the sender the level of usage to permit charging usage and royalty fees. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for distributing educational information in digital form to a plurality of schools comprising:
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(a) means for transmitting said information from a central location; (b) means for simultaneously receiving said information at a plurality of schools and means for storing said information; (c) means for subsequently providing simultaneous access to said information by a plurality of student terminals; and (d) means for keeping track of usage of said information and reporting back to the sender the level of usage to permit charging usage and royalty fees. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method of distributing educational information in digital form to a plurality of schools comprising:
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(a) transmitting the information from a central location; (b) simultaneously receiving said information at a plurality of schools and storing said information at a central storage area in each school; and (c) subsequently providing simultaneous access to said stored information at a plurality of individual student terminals. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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26. A method of distributing information in digital form to a plurality of sites comprising:
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(a) transmitting the information from a central location; (b) simultaneously receiving said information at a plurality of sites and storing said information in a storage area at each site; and (c) subsequently providing simultaneous access to said stored information upon request by one or more user terminals. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29)
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30. A method of distributing information in digital form to a plurality of remote sites comprising:
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(a) transmitting the information from a central location; (b) simultaneously receiving said information at a plurality of sites and storing said information; (c) subsequently accessing said information at said site; (d) keeping track of usage of said information and reporting back to the sender the level of usage to permit charging usage and royalty fees. - View Dependent Claims (31)
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32. A system for distributing information in digital form to a plurality of sites comprising:
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(a) means for transmitting said information from a central location; (b) means for simultaneously receiving said information at a plurality of sites and means for storing said information; (c) means for requesting access to said information; and (d) means for responding to said means for requesting access by subsequently providing simultaneous access to said information at a plurality of terminals. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A system for distributing information in digital form to a plurality of sites comprising:
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(a) means for transmitting said information from a central location; (b) means for simultaneously receiving said information at a plurality of sites and means for storing said information; (c) means for subsequently providing simultaneous access to said stored information at a plurality of terminals; and (d) means for keeping track of usage of said information and reporting back to the sender the level of usage to permit charging usage and royalty fees. - View Dependent Claims (39)
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