Patent ID: 6149440
Filing Date: 2000-11-21
Classification: G09B,G16H

Abstract:
A method for authenticating a recipient's receipt and comprehension of information comprising the steps of:a) providing a device for conveying information to a recipient;b) selecting information to be provided to the recipient by the information conveying means;c) recording at least one uniquely personal marker of said recipient to establish recipient's exposure to said information;d) conveying said information to said recipient;e) providing said recipient with at least one inquiry selected to determine said recipient's comprehension of the information conveyed;f) directing said recipient to provide an answer to said inquiry;g) recording each of said information conveyed, said inquiry and said recipient's answer to said inquiry while simultaneously visually recording said recipient as said recipient reviews said conveyed information, said inquiry and provides said answer; andh) correlatedly archiving on a storage medium said conveyed information, said inquiry, said answer and said visual recording of said recipient such that said conveyed information, said inquiry, said answer and said visual recording of said recipient are retrievable to simultaneously observe at least one element selected from the group consisting of said conveyed information, said inquiry, said answer and the corresponding visual record of said recipient reviewing said conveyed information, said inquiry or providing said answer.