Patent ID: 8639961
Filing Date: 2014-01-28
Classification: G06F,G09B,H04H

Abstract:
1. A participant response system for remote unit diagnostics during an assessment, the participant response system comprising: an interactive whiteboard comprising a touch surface on which said assessment is displayed; at least one host computer running said assessment and communicating with said interactive whiteboard; and a plurality of battery-powered, handheld remote units communicating wirelessly with said at least one host computer, each said remote unit configured to display assessment queries, to receive user input responsive to said assessment queries and to transmit received user input to said at least one host computer, each said remote unit further configured to execute a diagnostic routine in response to a received status request broadcast by said at least one host computer in a general broadcast beacon frame directed to all said remote units to detect the status thereof, any remote unit detecting an unhealthy state returning health information to said host computer.