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

                                DECISION ON APPEAL                                    
               This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from                
          the final rejection of claims 1-19 and 27-32.                               
               We affirm-in-part.                                                     
                                    BACKGROUND                                        
               The disclosed invention is directed to computer aided                  
          instruction and in particular to a system and method for                    
          delivery, authoring, and management of courseware over a                    
          computer network.                                                           
               Claims 9, 13, and 19 are reproduced below.                             
                    9.  A computer aided instruction system,                          
               comprising:                                                            
                    a network of interconnected servers;                              
                    a main computer connected to at least one of said                 
               servers;                                                               
                    a repository connected to said main computer;                     
                    at least one workstation connected to one of said                 
               servers; and                                                           
                    a course delivery system distributed over said at                 
               least one workstation, said servers, and said main                     
               computer to deliver a course from said at least one                    
               workstation to said repository.                                        

                    13.  A method for managing courseware in a                        
               computer network environment, comprising the steps of:                 

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