Education and demonstration – Cathode ray screen display and audio means
Reexamination Certificate
1998-11-13
2001-01-09
Rovnak, John Edmund (Department: 3712)
Education and demonstration
Cathode ray screen display and audio means
C434S308000, C434S109000, C705S032000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06173153
ABSTRACT:
CROSS-REFERENCES
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BACKGROUND
It is well-known that a substantial amount of a teacher's time in the classroom is spent taking, recording and reporting on student's classroom attendance. While the value of this activity is considerable, in that it promotes attendance, the time spent in transferring lists of student's names between classroom and office is nevertheless burdensome.
The time spent taking attendance is typically multiplied by the fact that students tend to rotate from classroom to classroom as they change subjects; as a result, attendance must be taken each class. Some form of centralized attendance information processing must therefore be employed in which data from each classroom and teacher is combined to result in an attendance profile with respect to each individual student. Typically, if this task is performed, it is done on paper in a very slow and clerical manner.
What is needed is a method and supporting apparatus for taking school attendance which may be adapted for use in schools with a large number of class rooms, laboratories and other area which combines distributed and centralized processing of data to allow teachers to transmit information to, and receive information from, a central office computer.
SUMMARY
The present invention is directed to an apparatus that satisfies the above needs. A novel method and apparatus for taking school attendance is disclosed that combines distributed and centralized processing of data to allow teachers to transmit information to, and receive information from, a central office computer.
The method and apparatus for taking school attendance of the present invention provides:
(A) A central computer and a plurality of AT devices.
(B) Software to enable the attendance telephone to interface with the central office computer for transmission of information to the central office computer.
(C) Software to enable the the central office computer to interface with the attendance telephone (AT device)
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(D) Software to enable the attendance telephone to be used to take attendance with interaction with the central office computer.
(E) Software to enable the attendance telephone to be used to take attendance without interaction with the central office computer.
(F) Software to allow a parent to telephone the central office computer and report an excused absence, and for the central office computer to transfer that information to the appropriate attendance telephone.
(G) Software to record voice mail/messages on the attendance telephone.
(H) Software structure required to playback recorded voice mail/messages on the attendance telephone.
(I) Software to record a verbal announcement on the central office computer, and transfer that announcement to an attendance telephone.
(J) Software to allow a teacher using an attendance telephone to access databases resident on the central office computer.
(K) Software required to allow a teacher using an attendance telephone to enter grades or marks associated with each student, and to have that information transferred to the central office computer.
It is therefore a primary advantage of the present invention to provide a novel apparatus and method of use for efficiently taking classroom attendance, creating computer files with that information, and transmitting those files.
Another advantage of the present invention is to provide a novel apparatus and method for producing and relaying audio recordings, typically related to school business, such as class announcements and assignments.
A still further advantage of the present invention is to provide a novel apparatus and method for allowing parents to transmit information to, and receive information from, a central office computer in a secure manner.
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Rovnak John Edmund
Thompson David S.
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