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Remote lecturing system

  • US 5,295,836 A
  • Filed: 08/28/1991
  • Issued: 03/22/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/03/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A remote lecturing system comprising:

  • first storage means for storing contents of at least one lecture of a lecturer;

    second storage means for storing questions and corresponding answers related to each lecture stored in said first storage means;

    reproducing means, coupled to said first storage means, for retrieving from said first storage means the contents of an arbitrary lecture which is requested in response to an external request from a first terminal station which is operated by a student at an arbitrary time, and for transferring the retrieved contents to the first terminal station;

    answer obtaining means, coupled to said second storage means, for retrieving from said second storage means an answer which corresponds to a question from the first terminal station, said answer obtaining means interrupting the transfer of the contents of the arbitrary lecture from said reproducing means to the first terminal station when the question is raised from the first terminal station; and

    a communication network coupled to a plurality of terminal stations, said reproducing means and said answer obtaining means being coupled to the first terminal station by way of said communication network, said reproducing means broadcasting the arbitrary lecture to the terminal stations coupled to said communication network, and said answer obtaining means broadcasting the question and the corresponding answer to the terminal stations coupled to said communication network.

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