Patent ID: 8554129
Filing Date: 2013-10-08
Classification: G09B,H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A system for administering an examination comprising: one or more testing stations, configured to receive a plurality of test items, to display the test items to a user, to record state information comprising time elapsed from the start of the examination, identification of test items displayed to the user, and user interactions with the testing stations, and to transmit changes to the state information at the same time that the state information is recorded including when the user provides responses to the test items; a first server computer system in communication with the one or more testing stations, wherein the first server computer system is configured to electronically transmit the test items to the one or more testing stations, receive user information and responses to the test items from the one or more testing stations, receive the state information from the one or more testing stations, and electronically store the state information at the same time that the state information is received; and a second server computer system in communication with the first server computer system, wherein the second server computer system is configured to receive user information and responses to the test items from the first server computer system and to deliver test packages to the first server computer system, wherein upon failure of the testing station, an initial state object and the changed state objects stored on the server are used to recreate the examination on the testing station at the point in the examination where the failure occurred, and wherein the user will not be penalized for the time that questions are not available.