Learning systems with patterns
First Claim
1. An automated learning system, comprising:
- a plurality of student units, each of said student units adapted to be utilized by a respective one of a plurality of students;
a plurality of master units for supplying information to, or storing information output by, each of said student units,a teacher unit having a display and a computer utilizing a graphic user interface, said teacher unit being coupled with each of said student units, said master units and said switching device, said computer being operable to store to and retrieve from a record medium a pattern file associated with a particular roster file that includes information about one or more student units, said pattern file having at least one pattern containing setup identification data, said setup identification data in each said at least one pattern including computer setup data corresponding to a setup of said computer, teacher unit data corresponding to a setup of said teacher unit and student unit data corresponding to a setup of said one or more student units in said associated roster file, said pattern file defining at least one interrelationship between at least two student units, or between said teacher unit and at least one student unit.
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Abstract
A learning system is provided which includes a plurality of student units for use by students, a teacher unit for use by a teacher, and a plurality of master storage devices that store information reproduced by the student units. The learning system includes a computer for use also by the teacher that operates to control each of the student units. The computer also provides the feature of allowing the teacher to store to and retrieve from a record medium (e.g., a hard disk) a pattern file having at least one pattern that contains setup identification data, such setup identification data including computer setup data that corresponds to the setup of the computer, and teacher unit data that corresponds to the setup of the teacher unit. Upon retrieval of the stored pattern, the computer automatically sets up, in accordance with the retrieved pattern, various displays and parameters of the computer, e.g., the particular graphical display of the student units on the computer'"'"'s display, and the various hardware settings of the teacher unit.
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36 Claims
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1. An automated learning system, comprising:
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a plurality of student units, each of said student units adapted to be utilized by a respective one of a plurality of students; a plurality of master units for supplying information to, or storing information output by, each of said student units, a teacher unit having a display and a computer utilizing a graphic user interface, said teacher unit being coupled with each of said student units, said master units and said switching device, said computer being operable to store to and retrieve from a record medium a pattern file associated with a particular roster file that includes information about one or more student units, said pattern file having at least one pattern containing setup identification data, said setup identification data in each said at least one pattern including computer setup data corresponding to a setup of said computer, teacher unit data corresponding to a setup of said teacher unit and student unit data corresponding to a setup of said one or more student units in said associated roster file, said pattern file defining at least one interrelationship between at least two student units, or between said teacher unit and at least one student unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An automated learning system, comprising:
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a plurality of student means, each of said student means being adapted to be utilized by a respective one of a plurality of students; a plurality of master means for supplying respective information to each of said student units; switching means for switching each of said student means to an output of a selected one of said master means; and control means having a display and a graphical user interface for controlling each of said student means, said master means and said switching means, said control means being operable to store to and retrieve from a record medium a pattern file associated with a particular roster file that includes information about one or more students, said pattern file having at least one pattern containing setup identification data, said setup identification data in each said at least one pattern including software control setup data and hardware control setup data used to setup said control means, and student means data corresponding to a setup of one or more of said plurality of student means and defining at least one interrelationship between at least two of said plurality of student means, or between said teacher means and at least one of said student means. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method of controlling a learning system having a plurality of student units for use by students, a plurality of master units, a teacher unit having a computer with a display and a graphic user input and a switching device, comprising the steps of:
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customizing by a user a setup of said teacher unit and a setup of said computer which operate to control each of said student units, said master units and said switching device; storing within a pattern file associated with a particular roster file that includes information about one or more student units on a record medium a pattern containing setup identification data, said setup identification data including software control setup data identifying the customized setup of said computer;
hardware control setup data identifying the customized setup of said teacher unit, and student unit data corresponding to a setup of said one or more student units in said associated roster file, said pattern file defining at least one interrelationship between at least two student units, or between said teacher unit and at least one student unit;retrieving, at a later time, the stored pattern from the pattern file on the record medium; and customizing automatically the setup of the computer in accordance with the software control setup data in the retrieved pattern and the setup of the teacher unit in accordance with the hardware control setup data in the retrieved pattern. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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