SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTE EDUCATION USING A MEMORY CARD

• US 20010016310A1
• Filed: 07/20/1998
• Published: 08/23/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/1994
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Health Hero Network Incorporated (Robert Bosch GmbH)
• Original Assignee: Health Hero Network Incorporated (Robert Bosch GmbH)
• Inventors: BROWN, STEPHEN J., QUY, ROGER J.
• Granted Patent: US 6,330,426 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/306
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/339 Displays specially adapted therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/00 Instruments, implements or accessories specially adapted for surgery or diagnosis and not covered by any of the groups A61B1/00 - A61B50/00, e.g. for luxation treatment or for protecting wound edges protective face masks A41D13/11; surgeon's or patient's gowns or dresses A41D13/12; devices for carrying-off, for treatment of, or for carrying-over, body liquids A61M1/00
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/1012 involving biosensors worn by the player, e.g. for measuring heart beat, limb activity
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/204 the platform being a handheld device
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/63 for controlling the execution of the game in time
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/02 Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/025 Coordination of plural reservations, e.g. plural trip segments, transportation combined with accommodation
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/00 Teaching not covered by other main groups of this subclass teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying F41G3/26
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 23/28 for medicine
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/065 Combinations of audio and video presentations, e.g. videotapes, videodiscs, television systems
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/00 Electrically-operated teaching apparatus or devices working with questions and answers mechanically operated G09B3/00; computing arrangements G06F
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/17 delivered via infusion or injection
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

The present invention is a system and method for allowing an individual to view a program remotely. In the preferred embodiment, the invention is used as a healthcare education system. The system comprises a file server which is coupled to a database storing the educational programs. A remote interface coupled to the file server allows an administrator to assign educational programs to an individual. The remote interface also includes a memory card writer which records the individual identification code and the address of the file server on this memory card. Then, the individual may take the memory card with them. When the individual places the memory card in the memory card reader of a multimedia processor, the processor uses the file server address to automatically connect to the file server. The file server receives the individual identification code from the processor, retrieves the corresponding educational program from the database, and sends the program to the processor to be displayed. After the individual has watched the educational program, completion data in the form of the date and time the program was watched and/or the individual'"'"'s response, is sent from the multimedia processor to the file server. The completion data can then be viewed by the administrator on a report screen.

Claims

1. A remote education system comprising:

a. a database for storing an educational program;

b. a file server coupled to the database;

c. a remote interface coupled to the file server for assigning the educational program to an individual thereby forming an assigned program, wherein the file server includes a memory means for storing an identification code of the individual and a pointer directed to the assigned program;

d. a memory card for storing the identification code and an electronic address of the file server;

e. a display unit for displaying the assigned program;

f. a multimedia processor networked to the file server and coupled to the display unit; and

g. a card reader coupled to the multimedia processor for receiving the memory card and for reading the identification code and the electronic address stored thereon,

wherein the multimedia processor is programmed to establish a communication link to the file server, transmit the identification code to the file server, and automatically display the assigned program on the display unit, and wherein the file server is programmed to record data indicating completion of the assigned program by the individual.

2. The system according to

claim 1

, further comprising a memory card writer coupled to the remoter interface for recording the identification code and the electronic address onto the memory card.

3. The system according to

claim 1

, wherein the multimedia processor estabnlishes the communication link to the file server upon insertion of the memory card into the card reader.

4. The system according to

claim 1

, wherein the data indicating completion of the assigned program comprises a date and a time of completion.

5. The system according to

claim 1

, wherein the data indicating completion of the assigned program comprises a program score, which is produced by evaluating a response by the individual to the assigned program, wherein the response is transmitted from the multimedia processor to the file server.

6. The system according to

claim 1

, wherein the memory card further comprising a circuit for storing the identification code and the electronic address.

7. The system according to

claim 1

, wherein the data indicating completion of the assigned program is reported on the remote interface.

8. The system according to

claim 1

, wherein the assigned program is used to educate the individual in a healthcare program.

9. The system according to

claim 1

, wherein the memory card further comprising a magnetic strip for storing the identification code and the electronic address.

10. The system according to

claim 1

, wherein the file server comprises a web server, the remote interface comprises a web page for assigning the educational program to the individual, and the communication link comprises a computer network.

11. The system according to

claim 10

, wherein the data indicating completion of the assigned program further comprising a start date and a start time the individual logged on to the assigned program and a stop date and a stop time the individual logged off of the assigned program.

12. The system according to

claim 10

, wherein the data indicating completion of the assigned program further comprising a program score, which is produced by evaluating a response of the individual to the assigned program, wherein the response is transmitted from the multimedia processor to the file server via the computer network.

13. The system according to

claim 10

, wherein the data indicating completion of the assigned program is reported on the web page of the remote interface.

14. A method for educating an individual, the method comprising the following steps:

a. providing the individual with a memory card reader, a display unit, and a multimedia processor wherein the multimedia processor is coupled to the card reader and the display unit;

b. storing an educational program on a database wherein the educational program is accessible to the individual through a file server;

c. assigning the educational program to the individual thereby forming an assigned program by storing both an identification code of the individual and a pointer directed to the assigned program in the file server;

d. recording on a memory card an electronic address of the file server and the identification code;

e. inserting the memory card into the card reader;

f. automatically establishing a communication link between the multimedia processor and the file server upon insertion of the memory card into the card reader;

g. transmitting the identification code to the file server;

h. automatically retrieving the assigned program from the database;

i. automatically displaying the assigned program on the display unit; and

j. recording, in the file server, data indicating completion of the assigned program by the individual.

15. The method according to

claim 14

, wherein the step of recording the data indicating completion of the assigned program further comprising:

storing in the file server a date and a time that the individual completed the assigned program.

16. The method according to

claim 14

, wherein the step of recording the data indicating completion of the assigned program further comprising:

a. receiving an answer into the multimedia processor wherein the answer is made by the individual in response to the assigned program;

b. transmitting the answer from the multimedia processor to the file server;

c. evaluating the answer in the file server to generate a program score; and

d. storing the program score in the file server.

17. The method according to

claim 14

, further comprising:

reporting on a remote interface the data indicating completion of the assigned program.

18. The method according to

claim 14

, wherein the memory card further comprising a magnetic strip for storing the identification code and the electronic address.

19. The method according to

claim 14

, wherein the memory card further comprising:

a circuit for storing the identification code and the electronic address.

20. The method according to

claim 14

, wherein the assigned program is used to educate the individual in a healthcare program.

21. The method according to

claim 14

, wherein the file server comprises a web server, a remote interface comprises a web page for assigning the assigned program to the individual, and the communication link comprises a computer network.

22. The method according to

claim 21

, wherein the step of recording data indicating completion of the assigned program further comprising:

storing in the file server a start date and a start time that the individual logged on to the assigned program, a stop date and a stop time that the individual logged off of the assigned program.

23. The method according to

claim 21

, wherein the step of recording data indicating completion of the assigned program further comprising:

a. receiving in the multimedia processor the answer made by the individual in response to the assigned program;

b. transmitting the answer from the multimedia processor to the file server via the computer network;

c. evaluating the answer in the file server to generate a program score; and

d. storing the program score in the file server.

24. The method according to

claim 21

, further comprising:

reporting on the web page of the remote interface the data indicating completion of the assigned program.