Patent ID: 6356437
Filing Date: 2002-03-12
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A portable instruction system for use at a location remote from a main computer wherein instructions relating to a site specific task at the user location are stored, comprising:a portable computer sufficiently small to be worn by a user; a memory connected to and under control of the computer; a display device that can receive display signals from the computer for visual display to the user; a video camera sufficiently small to be worn by the user; a system that transmits images from the video camera to a remote site; an instructional program that the computer accesses and stores in memory that contains instructional information concerning a task to be performed by the user, the program being stored in memory and responsive to a user command to display information to the program including a communications module for communicating with an assistant at a remote location; and a communications system whereby the user interactively communicates with an assistant at the remote site concerning the task to be performed to request and receive instructions relating to the performance of the task as the assistant views the transmitted images.