Method and apparatus for access control to language learning system
First Claim
1. A method of selling a program of language skills instruction modules at a remote computer that is accessed from a local computer, the method comprising:
- providing a microphone apparatus that produces an output, the microphone apparatus having a microphone transducer that converts speech input of a user to an electrical signal, the microphone apparatus further including a code generator that produces a code generator code output comprising a code that authorizes a user and further including a switch that selects between the microphone transducer electrical signal and the code generator code output such that one or the other is provided to the local computer as the output of the microphone apparatus;
receiving a user request at the remote computer from the local computer for access to a selection of the instruction modules at the remote computer;
selecting, by the user activating the switch, the code generator code output to be provided to the local computer;
in response to the selecting, sending the code generator code output to the remote computer via the local computer;
determining, by the remote computer, that the user is an authorized user based on the code generator code output;
in response to the determining, granting the user access to a predetermined number of the instruction modules in response;
andreceiving user language learning responses from the microphone apparatus.
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Abstract
A technique to control access to computer network resources at a computer facility permits a user to interact with the computer facility through a computer node of a network, wherein the user interaction comprises language learning responses submitted to the computer facility through the computer node, and a user authentication process is performed to determine if the permitted user interaction is authorized. The user authentication process is performed with user authentication information that is obtained by the computer facility during the permitted user interaction and also with user authentication information that is extracted from the user'"'"'s language learning responses. In this way, user authentication occurs without intruding into the utilization of the computer facility.
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7 Claims
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1. A method of selling a program of language skills instruction modules at a remote computer that is accessed from a local computer, the method comprising:
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providing a microphone apparatus that produces an output, the microphone apparatus having a microphone transducer that converts speech input of a user to an electrical signal, the microphone apparatus further including a code generator that produces a code generator code output comprising a code that authorizes a user and further including a switch that selects between the microphone transducer electrical signal and the code generator code output such that one or the other is provided to the local computer as the output of the microphone apparatus; receiving a user request at the remote computer from the local computer for access to a selection of the instruction modules at the remote computer; selecting, by the user activating the switch, the code generator code output to be provided to the local computer; in response to the selecting, sending the code generator code output to the remote computer via the local computer; determining, by the remote computer, that the user is an authorized user based on the code generator code output; in response to the determining, granting the user access to a predetermined number of the instruction modules in response; and receiving user language learning responses from the microphone apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of selling a program of language skills instruction modules at a remote computer that is accessed from a local computer, the method comprising:
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receiving a user request at the remote computer from the local computer for access to a selection of instruction modules at the remote computer; selecting, by the user activating a switch of a microphone apparatus, a code generator code output to be provided to the local computer, wherein the microphone apparatus produces an output, the microphone apparatus having a microphone transducer that converts speech input of a user to an electrical signal, the microphone apparatus further including a code generator that produces the code generator code output comprising a code that authorizes a user and further including the switch that selects between the microphone transducer electrical signal and the code generator code output such that one or the other is provided to the local computer as the output of the microphone apparatus; in response to the selecting, sending the code generator code output to the remote computer via the local computer; accepting the user request and granting access to a predetermined number of the modules in response to determining, by the remote computer, that the user is an authorized user based on the code generator code output; receiving output from the microphone apparatus at the remote computer, the output from the microphone apparatus corresponding to user language learning responses from the microphone transducer.
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