Appeal 2007-0601
Application 09/792,290
Appellants’ invention relates to a system and method for enhancing
participation in an educational environment. Feedback is received from a
plurality of individual group members regarding material being presented by
a group leader, using a plurality of networked devices operated by the
individual group members. The feedback is processed and transmitted back
to the individual group members. In one embodiment, the processed
feedback includes the feedback received from the other group members,
allowing each individual group member to view the feedback of other group
members (Specification 3: 3-14).
Claim 1 is exemplary:
1. A method for enhancing participation in an educational
environment using networked devices, comprising the steps of:
(a) receiving feedback from a plurality of individual group
members regarding material being presented by a group leader
utilizing a plurality of networked devices operated by the group
members, wherein the networked devices include wireless thin
client devices;
(b) processing the feedback to generate processed feedback,
said processed feedback comprising feedback received from at
least two of said group members; and
(c) transmitting the processed feedback to the networked
devices operated by the group members.
The prior art relied upon by the Examiner in rejecting the claims on
appeal is:
DeNICOLA US 6,288,753 B1 Sep. 11, 2001
SHIIGI US 6,304,898 B1 Oct. 16, 2001
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