Patent
Interactive teaching web application
Charles Morel
- 16 Jun 2005
111
TL;DR: In this article, an internet-based system for developing skills in internet users is described, where the user selects a subject text; renders it into a web page, navigates through it, displaying and playing the system reference material dynamically given the particular portion of the subject text.
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Abstract: The invention is an internet based system for developing skills in internet users. The system is a database and application on web servers, communicating over the internet with user client browser applications. The database contains subject texts, associated system and user reference materials. The subject texts are divided into portions, words and phrases, for reference purposes. The system reference materials are text, and media divided into portions corresponding to particular portions of the divided subject text. The user selects a subject text; renders it into a web page, navigates through it, displaying and playing the system reference material dynamically given the particular portion of the subject text.
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