US6760748B1
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Instructional system grouping student terminals
Assignee: Accenture Global Services Ltd
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Filing: 1999-01-20
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Granted: 2004-07-06
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Expires: 2019-01-20
Abstract
Abstract An interactive electronic instructional system is a teaching interface between a teacher and students where data is transmitted from the teacher's terminal to the student terminals. The data is received at the student terminals and is separated into execution data and instructional data. The student terminals are grouped into teams allowing student teams to interact with a group decision. This encourages team participation by shy or otherwise reluctant students. Team answer data is transmitted from one of the student terminals in the team to the teacher's terminal. The teacher monitors team answer data to infer class progress towards a goal. The teacher may modify the instructional data based on the progress.
Inventors
- 👤 Omar Besim Hakim
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 12:33
CPC Classifications
G; G09; G09B; G09B5/00; G09B5/08; G09B5/14; G09B7/00; G09B7/02; G09B7/04; H; H04; H04L; H04L9/00; H04L9/40; H04L69/00; H04L69/30; H04L69/32; H04L69/322; H04L69/329
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 22
Claim 1
Independent Claim
166 words
A method of providing a teaching interface between a teacher and multiple students, comprising: transmitting data from a teacher terminal to student terminals; receiving the data at the student terminals; separating the data into execution data and instructional data and utilizing the execution data to display the instructional data at the student terminals; grouping the student terminals into a plurality of teams, wherein each team is made up of at least two student terminals for a corresponding number of students; allowing the student terminals for each team to interact to make a group decision, for encouraging team participation by shy or otherwise reluctant students; transmitting team answer data from one of the student terminals for each of the teams, wherein the team answer data represents the group decision for each team; monitoring the team answer data for the instructional data to infer class progress towards a goal; and allowing a teacher at the teacher terminal to modify instructional data based on the progress toward the goal.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
166 words
A method of providing a teaching interface between a teacher and multiple students, comprising: transmitting data from a teacher terminal to student terminals; receiving the data at the student terminals; separating the data into execution data and instructional data and utilizing the execution data to display the instructional data at the student terminals; grouping the student terminals into a plurality of teams, wherein each team is made up of at least two student terminals for a corresponding number of students; allowing the student terminals for each team to interact to make a group decision, for encouraging team participation by shy or otherwise reluctant students; transmitting team answer data from one of the student terminals for each of the teams, wherein the team answer data represents the group decision for each team; monitoring the team answer data for the instructional data to infer class progress towards a goal; and allowing a teacher at the teacher terminal to modify instructional data based on the progress toward the goal.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method of claim 1 further comprising linking information that motivates accomplishment of a goal to the instructional data.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
37 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the teacher can selectively show certain of the student data and the student interactions and analyze such student data and student interactions for each of the students during an instructional session.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
33 words
The method of claim 3 wherein student interactions via the student terminals are at least one of ordered, sorted and used to present statistical analysis to the teacher terminal during the instructional session.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
14 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the transmitting of information uses a wireless network.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method of claim 5 further comprising utilizing thin client technology for the student terminals.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
199 words
A system for providing an electronic classroom system, comprising: a teacher terminal which manages a teaching session and modifies instructional data based on progress towards a goal; student terminals; a network for transmitting information from the teacher terminal to the student terminals; a sub-system which separates the transmitted information into execution data and instructional data; a sub-system which utilizes the execution data to display the instructional data at the student terminals; a sub-system which groups the student terminals into a plurality of teams, wherein each team is made up of at least two student terminals for a corresponding number of students; a sub-system which allows the student terminals for each team to interact to make a group decision, for encouraging team participation by shy or otherwise reluctant students; a sub-system which transmits team answer data from one of the student terminals for each of the teams, wherein the team answer data represents the group decision for each team; a sub-system which monitors the team answer data for the instructional data to infer class progress toward a goal; and a sub-system which allows a teacher at the teacher terminal to modify instructional data based on the progress toward the goal.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
199 words
A system for providing an electronic classroom system, comprising: a teacher terminal which manages a teaching session and modifies instructional data based on progress towards a goal; student terminals; a network for transmitting information from the teacher terminal to the student terminals; a sub-system which separates the transmitted information into execution data and instructional data; a sub-system which utilizes the execution data to display the instructional data at the student terminals; a sub-system which groups the student terminals into a plurality of teams, wherein each team is made up of at least two student terminals for a corresponding number of students; a sub-system which allows the student terminals for each team to interact to make a group decision, for encouraging team participation by shy or otherwise reluctant students; a sub-system which transmits team answer data from one of the student terminals for each of the teams, wherein the team answer data represents the group decision for each team; a sub-system which monitors the team answer data for the instructional data to infer class progress toward a goal; and a sub-system which allows a teacher at the teacher terminal to modify instructional data based on the progress toward the goal.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
22 words
The system of claim 7 further comprising a sub-system which links information that motivates accomplishment of the goal to the instructional data.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
44 words
The system of claim 8 further comprising a sub-system which allows a teacher via the teacher terminal to selectively show certain of the student data and the student interactions and analyze such student data and student interactions for each student during an instructional session.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
39 words
The system of claim 9 further comprising a sub-system which allows multiple students interactions to be at least one of ordered, sorted and used to present statistical analysis to the teacher via the teacher terminal during the instructional session.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
14 words
The system of claim 7 wherein the transmitting of information utilizes a wireless network.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
16 words
The system of claim 11 wherein the network is a wide area network including the Internet.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
15 words
The system of claim 11 wherein the student terminals are based on thin client technology.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
206 words
A computer program embodied on a computer readable medium for providing a teaching interface between a teacher and multiple students, comprising: a code segment for transmitting data from a teacher terminal to student terminals; a code segment for receiving the data at the student terminals; a code segment for separating the received data into execution data and instructional data and utilizing the execution data to display the instructional data at the student terminals; a code segment for grouping the student terminals into a plurality of teams, wherein each team is made up of at least two student terminals for a corresponding number of students; a code segment for allowing the student terminals for each team to interact to make a group decision, for encouraging team participation by shy or otherwise reluctant students; a code segment for transmitting team answer data from one of the student terminals for each of the teams, wherein the team answer data represents the group decision for each team; a code segment for monitoring the team answer data for the instructional data to infer class progress toward a goal; and a code segment for allowing the teacher via the teacher terminal to modify instructional data based on the progress toward the goal.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
206 words
A computer program embodied on a computer readable medium for providing a teaching interface between a teacher and multiple students, comprising: a code segment for transmitting data from a teacher terminal to student terminals; a code segment for receiving the data at the student terminals; a code segment for separating the received data into execution data and instructional data and utilizing the execution data to display the instructional data at the student terminals; a code segment for grouping the student terminals into a plurality of teams, wherein each team is made up of at least two student terminals for a corresponding number of students; a code segment for allowing the student terminals for each team to interact to make a group decision, for encouraging team participation by shy or otherwise reluctant students; a code segment for transmitting team answer data from one of the student terminals for each of the teams, wherein the team answer data represents the group decision for each team; a code segment for monitoring the team answer data for the instructional data to infer class progress toward a goal; and a code segment for allowing the teacher via the teacher terminal to modify instructional data based on the progress toward the goal.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
24 words
The computer program of claim 14 further comprising a code segment for linking information that motivates accomplishment of the goal to the instructional data.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
40 words
The computer program of claim 14 wherein a teacher via the teacher terminal can selectively show certain of the student data and the student interactions and analyze such student data and student interactions for each student during an instructional session.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
34 words
The computer program of claim 16 wherein multiple students interactions are at least one of ordered, sorted and used to present statistical analysis to the teacher at the teacher terminal during the instructional session.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
15 words
The computer program of claim 14 wherein the transmitting of data utilizes a wireless network.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
16 words
The computer program of claim 18 wherein the student terminals are based on thin client technology.
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