Method and apparatus for creating and executing internet based lectures using public domain web pages
First Claim
1. A teacher-author station of an Internet-enabled subscription teaching service system comprising:
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logic to be operated by the processor and configured tofacilitate a teacher-author in composing a lecture on-line at the teacher-author station by browsing web pages, altering copies of pages found, and saving altered pages in a particular order as a lecture, andupload the lecture, when completed, to a lecture server of the Internet-enabled subscription teaching service system for playing, by the lecture server, the lecture on the Internet at an agreed-to time to a plurality of lecture clients at Internet-connected client workstations.
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Abstract
An Internet-enabled subscription teaching service system has an Internet-connected lecture server executing a software suite, one or more teacher-author stations coupled to the Internet-connected lecture server, having input and display apparatus, and including lecture-authoring software, and one or more Internet-capable lecture client stations having lecture-participation software. Teacher-authors use the teacher-author stations to prepare lectures through the lecture-authoring software, the lecture server stores prepared lectures and provides lectures on a pre-determined schedule to lecture clients at the lecture client stations, and the lecture clients follow the provided lectures at the lecture client stations through the lecture-participation software. Some lectures are fully automatic, and some are directed by the teacher-authors in real time. In the real time case recipients are directed to WEB pages in unison, and annotation and commentary is provided by the teacher-author as pages are visited.
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1. A teacher-author station of an Internet-enabled subscription teaching service system comprising:
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a processor; and logic to be operated by the processor and configured to facilitate a teacher-author in composing a lecture on-line at the teacher-author station by browsing web pages, altering copies of pages found, and saving altered pages in a particular order as a lecture, and upload the lecture, when completed, to a lecture server of the Internet-enabled subscription teaching service system for playing, by the lecture server, the lecture on the Internet at an agreed-to time to a plurality of lecture clients at Internet-connected client workstations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method comprising:
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facilitating, by a teacher-author station, a teacher-author in composing a lecture on-line at the teacher-author station by browsing web pages, altering copies of pages by one or more of masking content of the pages, annotating the pages, inserting text or graphics in the pages, and attaching audio or video files to the pages, and saving altered pages in a particular order as a lecture; and uploading, by the teacher-author station, the lecture, when completed, to a lecture server for playing, by the lecture server, the lecture on the Internet at an agreed-to time to a plurality of lecture clients at Internet-connected client workstations. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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10. A lecture server of an Internet-enabled subscription teaching service system comprising:
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a processor; and logic operated by the processor and configured to receive an upload of a completed lecture from a teacher-author station, the teacher-author station having facilitated a teacher-author in composing the lecture on-line at the teacher-author station by browsing web pages, altering copies of pages found, and saving altered pages in a particular order as a lecture, and play the lecture, including presenting the altered pages, on the Internet at an agreed-to time to a plurality of lecture clients at Internet-connected client workstations. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method comprising:
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receiving, by a lecture server, an upload of a completed lecture from a teacher-author station, the teacher-author station having facilitated a teacher-author in composing the lecture on-line at the teacher-author station by browsing web pages, altering copies of pages found, and saving altered pages in a particular order as a lecture; and playing, by the lecture server, the lecture on the Internet at an agreed-to time to a plurality of lecture clients at Internet-connected client workstations. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. An apparatus comprising:
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means for facilitating a teacher-author in composing a lecture on-line at the teacher-author station by browsing web pages, altering copies of pages by one or more of masking content of the pages, annotating the pages, inserting text or graphics in the pages, and attaching audio or video files to the pages, and saving altered pages in a particular order as a lecture; and means for uploading the lecture, when completed, to a lecture server for playing the lecture on the Internet at an agreed-to time to a plurality of lecture clients at Internet-connected client workstations.
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