Patent Document ID: 20050064374
Application ID: 10983066
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A virtual learning system comprising: a) an image creation means for creating an image on a display in response to at least one audible signal from a user comprising: i) a computer; ii) a display means in communication with said computer; iii) an image library in a form of a database in communication with said computer, wherein said image library includes stored images of objects including an image of an object which can be presented in response to said at least one audible signal; and iv) at least one database in communication with said computer, wherein said at least one database includes information relating to stored phonetic sounds of words that identify said objects in said image library; and letters of an alphabet that spell words, partial words, or phonetic associated with said objects in said library; v) voice recognition means in communication with said computer, for receiving a sound pattern from the user, and for recognizing a sound pattern of the user speaking into said voice recognition means wherein an output of said voice recognition means is digitized and wherein said computer then acts to scan said database to find at least one corresponding phonetic sound digitally stored therein, and when a match is found, said letters representing a word or sound in said database and an image in said image library associated with said word or sound are then presented on said display means; vi) voice learning means, in communication with said voice recognition means, wherein said voice learning means is programmable to recognize otherwise unrecognizable sounds and relate these sounds to recognizable words stored in said database; and b) an electronic answer database in communication with said computer, which includes digitally stored answers to commonly asked inquiries resulting from an observation of images stored in said image library; and wherein said voice recognition means recognizes distinct words and a sequence pattern of at least one audible inquiry, thereby prompting said computer to scan said electronic database to find a plurality of answers most closely related to said at least one audible inquiry, and wherein a match is formed as a sequential list of said plurality of answers wherein said computer presents at least one answer taken from said plurality of answers to said user.