Appeal No. 2004-0150
Application No. 09/772,481
BACKGROUND
The invention relates to verifying compliance with examination procedures. In
particular, the invention is directed to ensuring that remotely located applicants taking
qualifying exams or tests comply with predetermined examination guidelines and
procedures. Representative claim 12 is reproduced below.
12. A method for verifying compliance with predetermined examination
procedures, comprising the steps of:
providing at least one examination site data processing system comprising
a data processing device and a user interface that allows the user to
input data in response to examination questions;
generating data defining an examination and routing the data to the data
processing device;
using the user interface to respond to examination questions and
generating corresponding examination response to data;
visually monitoring the examination site and the user during the
examination period and generating corresponding video data;
audibly monitoring the examination site and user during the examination
period and generating corresponding audio data; and
correlating the visual and audio data with the examination response data
to determine if the user is complying with predetermined examination
procedures.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Walker et al. (Walker) 5,947,747 Sep. 7, 1999
Sonnenfeld 6,112,049 Aug. 29, 2000
(filed Oct. 21, 1997)
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