Patent ID: 7413442

Claim:
A learning support system comprising: an information processing apparatus, a portable information terminal, and a learning management server, the information processing apparatus, the portable information terminal and the learning management server being connected through a network, wherein the information processing apparatus comprises a first memory unit for storing first learning contents which comprise a learning program and data for use in learning words in an index, a second memory unit for storing first learning information which includes at least a result of learning for a user when the user uses the information processing apparatus, a first control unit for executing the learning program to provide first word-learning displays comprising the index words, and a first communication unit for communicating with the learning management server, the portable information terminal comprises a third memory unit for storing second learning contents which comprise a portable use learning program and data for use in learning the index words, a fourth memory unit for storing second learning information which includes at least a result of learning for the user when the user uses the portable information terminal, a second control unit for executing the portable use learning program to provide second word-learning displays comprising the index words and a second communication unit for communicating with the learning management server, the learning management server comprises a third communication unit for communicating with the information processing apparatus and the portable information terminal, and a fifth memory unit for storing the first learning information which is transferred from the information processing apparatus and the second learning information which is transferred from the portable information terminal, the first control unit executes the learning program after the second learning information is acquired through the fifth memory unit so that the user's learning when the user uses the portable information terminal can be resumed and continued at the information processing apparatus, the second control unit executes the portable use learning program after the first learning information is acquired through the fifth memory unit so that the user's learning when the user uses the information processing apparatus can be resumed and continued at the portable information terminal, and the first and second learning information includes numbers of searches for the index words and the first and second control units use the numbers of searches for the index words to determine which index words are displayed in the first and second word-learning displays.