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          Appeal No. 96-2894                                                          
          Application 08/742,974                                                      

                    storing courses in a repository;                                  
                    transporting said courses over a network to                       
               selected servers of said network;                                      
                    responding to a request for a course made on a                    
               workstation;                                                           
                    delivering said course to a server serving said                   
               workstation; and                                                       
                    downloading an execution module to said                           
               workstation.                                                           



                    19.  A method enabling a student to execute                       
               courseware, comprising the steps of:                                   
                    downloading an executable module to a workstation;                
                    retaining a control module on a server serving the                
               workstation;                                                           
                    sending messages from said executable module to                   
               said control module; and                                               
                    verifying prior authorizations of said student for                
               executing said courseware.                                             

               The examiner relies on the following prior art:                        
          Andersen et al. (Andersen)      4,636,174     January 13,                   
          1987                                                                        
          Abrahamson et al. (Abrahamson)  5,002,491       March 26,                   
          1991                                                                        




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