Patent ID: 6324378
Filing Date: 2001-11-27
Classification: G09B

Abstract:
An education center for teaching multiple lessons on a subject to a group of students, the center comprising:a booth having physical space to accommodate at least one student;a processor located in the booth;a memory device coupled to the processor;a speaker mounted in the booth and coupled to the processor;a display mounted in the booth and coupled to the processor;an interface connector coupled to the processor;a removable control device which may be carried by a student, the control device matable with the interface connector and having a coupler for data communication with the processor and further having student operated inputs;a central server computer having a storage device storing a database having a record corresponding to the removable control device and other removable control devices carried by other students;a network connection coupled between the central server computer and the processor, the network connection capable of transmitting and receiving data between the central server computer and the processor; andwherein the processor is configured to instruct a student via the speaker or the display to operate the student operated inputs in a sequence and to respond to the student operated inputs to produce a multi-media response, and the central server computer recording the completion of the instruction of a student from the processor in the database.