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System and method for communicating with students in an education environment

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  • US 6,895,213 B1
  • Filed: 12/03/2001
  • Issued: 05/17/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/03/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for communicating in an education environment, comprising:

  • determining a current question from a plurality of questions, the current question having a plurality of possible answers;

    receiving from one of a plurality of remote units a message comprising a remote unit identifier and a current response;

    determining that the current response is valid if the current response corresponds to any of the possible answers for the current question;

    if the current response is valid, visually indicating to a user of the remote unit that the current response is valid; and

    if the current response is not valid, visually indicating to the user of the remote unit that the current response is not valid;

    wherein the user of the remote unit is allowed to progress through the questions independently with respect to users of other remote units by viewing a section of a common display, the section associated with the remote unit used by the user and the common display simultaneously viewable by all users of the remote units.

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