Patent ID: 6308042
Filing Date: 2001-10-23
Classification: G06F,G09B

Abstract:
A computer based training system comprising a user input means, a system controller, a storage means for storing training data, and a user output means including a video screen, wherein,said storage means stores independently addressable media records having media interface data;said storage means stores an interface file comprising a series of interface action commands for performance of a training unit associated with a subject or part of a subject to be learned by a user, each action command being associated with a media record and comprising code for instructing an interfacing action to be performed using media interface data retrieved from the media record;said system controller comprises means for:identifying in the interface file a sequence of action commands which are associated with an interfacing event, said interfacing event being an event which the system performs, automatically, without user inputs, between interactivity points at which a user may input a signal;automatically performing, without user inputs, interfacing actions according to said sequence of action commands to perform an interfacing event in which a media record is individually addressed and retrieved in accordance with each action command; andreceiving a user input signal at an interactivity point reached only upon completion of the interfacing event, acting in response to the received input signal by retrieving a simulation program and carrying out simulation operations according to the simulation program, and subsequently identifying in the interface file, by the system and without user input, a next sequence of action commands for a next interfacing event and performing said next interfacing event without user input to continue an execution path determined and controlled by the system, sequentially using action commands contained in the interface file.