CN1288555A

CN1288555A - Method for creating flexible and efficient distributed educational system in a computer environment, with the possibility to protect instructions and data

Info

Publication number: CN1288555A
Application number: CN99802264.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 杰斯珀·洛斯
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1998-01-21
Filing date: 1999-01-21
Publication date: 2001-03-21
Anticipated expiration: 2019-01-21
Also published as: EP1048018A1; CN1237493C; DK7398A; AU767954B2; AU2149799A; JP2002501270A; CA2318400A1; WO1999038139A1

Abstract

The invention discloses a method for developing a flexible and efficient educational system in a computer environment, with the opportunity to protect instructions and data. An educational system consists of multiple program elements, composed by program elements from both a user computer device and possibly program elements from a server computer or other sending devices, such as those computers represented on the Internet. All elements of the program is managed using instruction sets which exist's on the user's computer device or are being sent from a server or other sending device. The instruction sets are divided into groups by topics, which for example relate to 'overview map', 'self-study', 'lecture', 'assignment preparation' and 'group collaboration' plus 'browse'. Using the instruction sets, an electronic educational process can be developed, which is very much similar to a normal educational process. The instruction sets and data can be protected against being copied, which provides the supplier of an educational program protection against copying of the educational system. The advantage of the educational system is primarily that educational programs can be executed in a concentrated environment with frequently and improved execution with rapid search times, where search in large quantities of data can be avoided, as it is known with searches on the Internet.

Description

In computer environment, set up the method for the flexible and efficient distributed educational system of possibility with protection instruction and data

The method that the present invention describes is used for developing the flexible and efficient distributed educational system of the possibility with protection instruction and data or in the similar distributed system of the computer environment of the network that comprises user and server computer device (for example with the Internet or other type connect/send out the computer equipment that equipment (such as CD-ROM, network computer, interactive television etc.) links to each other).

For example there is introduction in the system of the above-mentioned type in United States Patent (USP) No. 5484293, No. 5537141, No. 5528281, No. 5684952 and No. 5318450, these patent descriptions the educational system that connects by network.

Employing is to the educational system of the direct access of for example the Internet, and it is out of control to be easy to become concerning the user of system.This is that in a single day the user is connected to for example the Internet, generally just begins to go hither and thither or " surfing " because the such network in the Internet is studded with lot of data at least.Consequence is the educational environment structure that can not become, and this means that the student can only obtain the general introduction to course.

Also have a well-known situation to be about for example the Internet, instruction set and the data that are used to send part nonvoluntary may be protected, must not print-promptly duplicate given object.

The Internet and other computer network can transmit mass data, and in addition, the propagation that to also have a well-known situation be data may be very time-consuming, when connecting a large amount of users especially sometimes.This has just caused such view, promptly be used for instruction for processing data, sometimes be that form with function expression is performed, this is equivalent to data is to distribute by the Internet and computer network equally, becomes one of reason of making us unacceptable " the huge traffic " on the Internet sometimes thus.

Purpose of the present invention is to describe a kind of method of mentioning when this paper begins; it guarantees that the user of educational system is provided data necessary; these data are represented in manageable mode; time delay during propagation data is low as much as possible, and it is that the instruction and data of form makes it not to be printed or to duplicate that the user can select to protect with given object.

The objective of the invention is to realize by system by the instruction set exploitation, instruction set is stored on the transmitting apparatus of user computer equipment, server computer or other type, they can separate distribution with data whole or in part, can distribute with data whole or in part again; Instruction set both had been used for managing the data of being propagated by server computer and/or other transmitting apparatus, also was used for the data of storing in the leading subscriber computer equipment.

So just created the method for the educational system in a kind of development computer environment, in this system, might controllably propagate the data relevant with course, simultaneously, instruction set guarantees can only propagate relevant data from user computer equipment or from for example the Internet.

As pointing out in the claim 2, the method is characterized in that instruction set is specified by the user and stored in user computer equipment, its mode is to prevent any duplicate instructions collection and data.

Make an advantage in this way be, the supplier of educational system can develop the structure of the instruction of static state that can not be replicated, relevant with indivedual courses, prevents educational system and course content simultaneously by bootlegging, for supplier causes damage.

This is a ubiquitous key issue in electron-propagation and commercial field.

As pointing out in the claim 3, the proper method of exploitation educational system is, instruction set is associated with management and carries out educational topics-such as " general introduction figure ", " self-studys ", " lecture ", " group's cooperation ", " browsing " and " generality is instructed ".

This method that instruction set is separated, main advantage be, to the exploitation of the course of the different content standardization that becomes to a certain extent, reduced the expense of developing different courses thus as much as possible.

For further realization is best lesson structure as far as possible, as pointing out in the claim 4, preferably instruction set is organized to such an extent that can create and edited, manage, analyze and use the A to Z of transfer process.

All characteristics of environment so easily acquire an education.

In order further the education of " real life " to be converted to the education in the computer environment, as pointing out in the claim 5, preferably represent theme with the form of multimedia object, multimedia object based on be one or more information types-such as video, a series of sound and picture, a series of lantern slide, text, figure or sound program-integrated.

As mentioned above, theme is represented with the form of multimedia object, the further dirigibility of the present invention is that the representation of these themes is the dialogues between one or more users and the multimedia object, the dialogue by multimedia object between perhaps one or more users.

If many people wish to use a computer educational system in the environment is arranged, as pointing out in the claim 7, preferably these many people can be connected to educational system simultaneously.

If as pointing out in the claim 8, be the data of the content (for example education content) relevant only, then also can improve the dirigibility and the efficient of this educational system with static function expression formula (such as index) from server computer or other transmitting apparatus mode of propagation.

This advantage that mainly has is, if the functional dependence expression formula relevant with particular data then can be propagated those data that for example exist on the Internet in particularly suitable mode by instruction set control.

At last, as pointing out in the claim 9, be preferably in educational procedure the term of execution, from server computer device or other transmitting apparatus data are upgraded continually.

This guarantees that the course system that is provided always upgrades with up-to-date knowledge fully.

Carry out example now with reference to one shown in the accompanying drawing and explain the present invention in more detail.Brief description:

Fig. 1 represents the standard computer environment that an energy uses when enforcement is of the present invention;

Fig. 2 represents wherein to adopt the process flow diagram of the general education system of user/server communication;

Fig. 3 represents user/according to the process flow diagram of realization of the present invention;

Fig. 4 represents to be included in according to the present invention the process flow diagram of the topmost subelement in the educational system;

Fig. 5 represents the user interface of an example in display.

Be the computer system of an example with flowcharting among Fig. 1, it comprises microprocessor 12, and it is connected to the storer 14,16 that form is ROM storer and RAM storer by bus 18.In addition, what link to each other with bus also has display 20, loudspeaker 22, disc driver 24, CD-ROM drive 26 and input-output device 28, and the latter also is connected to and for example is used for the modulator-demodular unit that the Internet connects or the communication facilities (do not give and illustrating) of other type.This type systematic is also referred to as multimedia system, owing to itself be well-known, so do not do more detailed explanation here.

Fig. 2 represents an academic environment based on standard computer, and it comprises for example as shown in fig. 1 a computer environment, such as PC environment 100.This can be performed as shown in the square frame 104.Then, can come selection instruction by square frame 106, as shown in the figure, it comprises, from subscriber computer, server computer or another kind of transmitting apparatus demonstration and search instruction and data-shown in square frame 120,121, perhaps directly from application program and subscriber computer demonstration and search instruction and data-shown in square frame 110,111 and 112.Instruction and data can be printed promptly and duplicate, shown in square frame 122.As from square frame 122 to square frame 106 back to shown in the line, process can continue.

Fig. 3 represents the process flow diagram according to the each several part in the educational system of the present invention.The difference of this system and system shown in Figure 2 is, although contain and identical composition shown in Figure 2, also comprise different with square frame shown in Fig. 2, according to square frame of the present invention.The first place of the reference numerals of square frame is 1 among Fig. 2, and the first place of the reference numerals of square frame is since 5 among Fig. 3.

Except that shown in Fig. 2, what also contain its expression of square frame 608-in the process flow diagram of Fig. 3 is instruction set by the supplier of educational system regulation.Shown in square frame 610, this instruction set can also can be retrieved the data relevant with these instructions from the transmitting apparatus of other type from subscriber computer, server computer (such as the computing machine that links to each other with the Internet).This instruction set also can be carried out instruction general or that the user is specific-shown in square frame 510, perhaps from the transmitting apparatus search instruction and the data of subscriber computer, server computer or other type.

This instruction energy collecting is by square frame 611 other instructions of control, both can be used to search, retrieve the instruction (may be data) relevant with educational system general and that the user is specific with demonstration (no matter separate or together)-shown in

square frame

511 and 512, also can be to be used for coming displaying contents-shown in square frame 521 by the data that find at square frame 520 (may be instruction) (no matter be separately or together).

In square frame 620, the director data according to square frame 610 is retrieved can print to the external unit shown in the square frame 622 with data (may be instruction set), such as disc driver, printer, this means that institute's communication target is replicated.

This process continues to carry out, and makes and to carry out new instruction and to distribute new data from subscriber computer, server computer or the retrieval of other transmitting apparatus.

Represented in more detail among Fig. 4 educational system is how to be developed by supplier.System allows supplier to develop by selection some themes as shown in square frame 310,320,330,340,350 and might carry out an educational system, shown in square frame 300.Square frame 310 provides the chance of the instruction set of selection to supplier, these instruction set are divided into various themes, " general introduction figure " shown in square frame 311, " self-study ", " lecture " shown in the square frame 313 shown in the square frame 312, " the browsing " shown in " group collaborations " shown in the square frame 314, the square frame 315 and " general instruction ".

By suitably organizing the content in these square frames, just can generate general structure according to educational system of the present invention.For example, might insert multimedia document, index and appendix or the like by square frame 312.For example might insert one section video or acoustic channel and lantern slide in square frame 313, set up study group, the participator's relevant with certain lecture register is set up in problem and answer between the management participator.By square frame 314, might insert the message or the lantern slide of the problem that comprises between relevant study group and the participator and answer etc.By square frame 315, might select educational system and course content are connected to the instruction of the Internet.At next group is in 320, has represented a management system, and it is divided into the plurality of sub function, such as a part of inserting or remove certain course.Also may insertion in square frame 322, editor and removal and subscriber-related instruction.In square frame 323, handle different management datas, such as the use registration of educational system, expense etc.

In square frame 324, management and the instruction relevant to user's problem.At last, in square frame 325, can test with analysis user and show.So far those parts of process flow diagram among mentioned Fig. 4 are that the supplier/founder of this system of exploitation is used, relate to the part to the actual exploitation of the educational system that adopts instruction set.

Whether no matter the data and instruction is separately or together to propagate, and all might select to carry out object from transmitting apparatus or from accepting device, also can select to want protected data and instruction to prevent to be printed and to duplicate.

When carrying out the system that one or more users can both participate in, the square frame 340 and 350 of Fig. 4 represented to be used for course more specific to user's part.As shown in the figure; the some of them general introduction figure that is comprised in the course system that square frame 340 presentation classes form; as shown in the figure; the content class of square frame 341-346 is similar to each square frame under 310-more particularly; square frame 311-316 is the protection that educational system and course content were edited and developed to square frame 340 whole or in part.In the time will using this system, there is one to be used to carry out this system by the square frame shown in 350.In square frame 300 after this, select course, and in square frame 302 after this selection instruction collection.Square frame 351-355 is similar to square frame 341-345.Not not being both between the square frame under the square frame under 340 and 350; square frame under 350; used with the user shows the protection of relevant instruction except all or part of, also edited, develop and duplicate the protection of educational system and course content whole or in part.

For the actual realization on the computing machine, might create a general introduction figure as shown in Figure 5, the square frame that comes from Fig. 4 310,320,340 wherein and 350 can be carried out on display shown in Figure 5.In addition, also represented some help function on same figure, they have further facilitated uses according to educational system of the present invention.The general introduction figure that represents among Fig. 5 should only be interpreted as an example of user interface.Therefore should can contain other function of representing just like in each square frame of Fig. 4 among the general introduction figure.

Claims

1. be used for connecing/send out equipment (such as CD-ROM what comprise user computer equipment and server computer device-for example and the Internet or other type, network computer, interactive television etc.) computer equipment of Xiang Lianing-computer environment in the flexible and efficient educational system of exploitation or the similar method of distributed system, be characterised in that, this system develops with instruction set, be stored in user computer equipment, and/or server computer or other transmitting apparatus, instruction set can be separated propagation with data whole or in part, can propagate with data whole or in part again, because instruction set both had been used for handling the data of being propagated by server computer device and/or other transmitting apparatus, also be used for the data of storing in the leading subscriber computer equipment.

2. according to the method for claim 1, be characterised in that this instruction set may and be stored in user computer equipment by user's appointment, its mode is to prevent any duplicate instructions collection and data.

3. according to the method for claim 1 or 2, be characterised in that, instruction set is associated with management and carries out educational topics, such as " general introduction figure ", " self-study ", " lecture ", " group's cooperation ", " browsing " and " general instruction ".

4. according to the method for one of claim 1 to 3, be characterised in that, instruction set is organized in order to create and to edit the A to Z of transfer process.

5. according to the method for claim 3, be characterised in that, form with multimedia object is represented theme, this multimedia object based on be one or more information types one such as video, a series of sound and picture, a series of lantern slide, text, figure or sound programme-integrated.

6. according to the method for one of claim 1 to 5, be characterised in that all educational topics all are expressed as the dialogue between one or more users and this multimedia object, pass through the dialogue of this multimedia object between perhaps one or more users.

7. according to the method for one of claim 1 to 5, be characterised in that many people can be connected to this educational system simultaneously.

8. according to the method for above-mentioned arbitrary claim, being characterised in that, only is the data of the content (for example education content) relevant with static function expression formula (such as index) from server computer or other transmitting apparatus transmission form.

9. according to the method for above-mentioned arbitrary claim, be characterised in that, this educational procedure the term of execution, from server computer device or other transmitting apparatus data are carried out frequent renewal.