Appeal No. 1997-2989
Application No. 08/280,343
The disclosed invention relates to a network of computer
workstations that interact with a master workstation. For
example, the workstations might be used by students in a
learning environment, and the master workstation can be under
the control of a teacher. The invention facilitates the
teacher’s observation and assistance of students in their
learning by prioritizing, displaying and removing requests for
attention that are sent by the students to the teacher. The
invention is further illustrated by the following claim.
1. In an interactive computer network of a
type including at least one master workstation
and a plurality of other workstations, a method
for communicating requests for attention from
the other workstations and displaying said
requests at the master workstation, comprising
the steps of:
generating requests for attention at
respective ones of said plurality of other
workstations;
transmitting each of said requests to said
master workstation;
storing each of said requests to said
master workstation;
assigning a priority to each of the stored
requests;
displaying an identification of at least
some of said other workstations at said master
workstation, in a predetermined order that is
independent of any priority assigned to pending
requests;and
displaying an indicator in association with
each of said other workstations that has a
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