Patent ID: 7502855

Claim:
A wireless classroom response system comprising: a plurality of wireless networks, each of the plurality of wireless networks serving a different classroom of a plurality of classrooms, each of the plurality of wireless networks comprising: a computer located proximate to the classroom that the wireless network serves, wherein the computer executes a communications server and an application program, wherein the application program facilitates classroom activities; a wireless access point located proximate to the classroom that the wireless network serves, wherein the wireless access point is communicatively linked to the computer; and, a plurality of handheld units, each of which performs steps comprising: displaying, to a user, a list of the plurality of networks; receiving an input from the user that indicates which one of the wireless networks the handheld unit should connect to; connecting to the chosen wireless network, thereby becoming a node in the wireless network; and transmitting data to the application program via the wireless access point and the communications server.