Computer-implemented method and apparatus for remote educational instruction
First Claim
1. A interactive network for remote educational instruction, system comprising:
- a host site including;
a studio for transmitting a plurality of live video images and sounds that are directed by a presenter via a satellite radio link to at least one remote audience location,a computer for displaying an interactive network status to said presenter that includes a total number, identity and prioritization of callers from said remote audience locations,a phone controller for accepting phone calls from at least one individual at said remote audience location for permitting telephone conversations; and
at least one remote site at said remote audience location that includes;
a video monitor for receiving said video images and sounds via said satellite radio link, anda remote site controller with a plurality of response keypad terminals for digitally communicating a series of keypad entry responses of said at least one individual to said video images and sounds and including a microphone for telephonic communication with said presenter.
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Abstract
An apparatus of the present invention includes a viewer response system comprising a host site and at least one remote site interconnected by a satellite channel for host-to-remote video, an X.25 communications channel for message exchanges establishing a virtual circuit between each remote and the host site, and a dial-up public phone network channel that allows the host site to dial a remote site in response to a person at the remote site wanting to speak on the system to another person at the host site. A touch screen monitor at the host site allows the other person to sequence through electronic notecards that function as presentation cue cards. Questions can be formatted on remote site monitors and keypad terminals for each person at each remote site to allow real-time responses to be entered. A computer supporting the host site computes and displays remote site status and person'"'"'s responses.
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16 Claims
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1. A interactive network for remote educational instruction, system comprising:
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a host site including; a studio for transmitting a plurality of live video images and sounds that are directed by a presenter via a satellite radio link to at least one remote audience location, a computer for displaying an interactive network status to said presenter that includes a total number, identity and prioritization of callers from said remote audience locations, a phone controller for accepting phone calls from at least one individual at said remote audience location for permitting telephone conversations; and at least one remote site at said remote audience location that includes; a video monitor for receiving said video images and sounds via said satellite radio link, and a remote site controller with a plurality of response keypad terminals for digitally communicating a series of keypad entry responses of said at least one individual to said video images and sounds and including a microphone for telephonic communication with said presenter.
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2. A method of remote educational instruction over a network, comprising the steps of:
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broadcasting a live video image and voice of an instructor at a host site to at least one remote site via a satellite radio link;
signaling said instructor that at least one student at one remote site has requested to speak to said instructor by pressing a call button on a response keypad terminal located near said student which is in digital communication with said host site via a dial-in telephone link;identifying to said instructor said signaling student by displaying a line of text on a monitor screen located at said host site; indicating to said instructor a total number of students signaling for attention by displaying a line of text on said monitor screen; enabling said instructor to select one of said students that are signaling by displaying a list of available communication connection commands on said monitor screen and by accepting a command choice input; and establishing a telephone connection from said host site to said remote site to telephonically link a selected signaling student to said instructor through said response keypad terminal which includes a microphone for telephonic communication with said instructor and to allow digital communication of a series of keypad entry response. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13)
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11. An interactive network for live presentations to audiences, comprising:
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broadcasting means for televising an instructor at a host site to at least one remote site; remote sensing means for signaling said instructor that at least one student at one remote site has initiated a call button on a response keypad terminal located near said student to request a telephonic connection and conversation; computer display means for presenting a video image on a screen to said instructor that represents said signaling student and for indicating to said instructor a total number of students then signaling by a number presented on said screen; control means for enabling said instructor to select one of said students that are signaling by displaying a list of available communication connection commands on said monitor screen and for accepting a command choice input; and communication manager means for establishing a telephone connection from said host site to said remote site wherein said selected signaling student may be telephonically connected to said instructor in response to a command input at a touch screen display which represents said instructor'"'"'s choice of said signaling student. - View Dependent Claims (12, 14, 15, 16)
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