Patent Document ID: 4877404
Application ID: 07140404
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. An interactive computer software system permitting a user to take a pre-selected computer course or access a pictorial data base, comprising: (a) a host computer sub-system including CPU means for executing computer programs, means for entering the data into the system, and display means for displaying the input data; (b) means for loading said pre-selected computer course in said host computer sub-system; (c) a graphics computer sub-system operatively connected to said host computer sub-system, said graphics computer sub-system executing said course upon interrogation by said host computer sub-system wherein said course includes a series of interrelated pictures displayed by said graphics computer sub-system, said series of pictures defining a course responsive to input data from the user and interactively dialoguing with the user as the user progresses through said pre-selected course or data base; and (d) wherein said pre-selected computer course comprises a distributed program embedded in said series of interrelated pictures.