Patent ID: 7043193

Claim:
A computer-based training system comprising: a computer network defining a plurality of network ports; a lesson server functionally connected to the network, the lesson server storing a plurality of lessons, each lesson comprising a synchronized set of audio and interactive graphical display resources; a plurality of student workstations functionally connected to respective network ports, each student workstation configured to display the graphical display resources of a selected lesson and to receive interactive student responses to these resources; an audio server functionally connected to the network and comprising a plurality of audio ports, each audio port operative for connecting at least one telephone line to the audio server, the audio server configured to play the audio resources of the selected lesson via a selected audio port in synchronism with the display the associated graphical display resources; a plurality of telephone extensions, each associated with and located near a student workstation to allow the student workstation and the associated telephone extension to be accessed simultaneously by a student user; a private branch exchange functionally connected to the audio ports of the audio server by way of a trunk of telephone lines, the private branch exchange configured to selectively connect available lines of the trunk to lines connected to the telephone extensions to connect the telephone extensions to the audio server; upon receipt of a telephone call at the audio server from a telephone extension operated by a student user, the audio server operative to deliver an audible identification number to the student user via the telephone extension; and upon entry of the identification into the student workstation, the computer-based training system operative to use the identification number to associate the network port assigned to the student workstation with the audio port connected to the associated telephone extension for the purpose of correlating the student workstation with the associated telephone extension.