US 2003/0207243 A1 · Conducting remote instructor-controlled experimentation

Abstract

The invention includes a method for a client to remotely conduct a laboratory experiment using a remote computer communicating with a host computer in a computer network. The experiment is stimulated by a set of input variables and provides a set of dependent output variables. The method includes the steps of an instructor setting up the experiment at a central location, determining a tolerance band for each input variable of the experiment, and restricting a range of each tolerance band. The instructor enters into the host computer a program to run the experiment, including the set of input variables, and the range of each tolerance band for each input variable. The client remotely access the experiment using the remote computer. The instructor enables the client to conduct the experiment and simultaneously limits the client to the range of each tolerance band.

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Dependent claims

A method of a client (122) to remotely conduct a laboratory experiment (118) using a remote computer (120) communicating with a host computer (110) in a computer network (126), the experiment including a set of output variables dependent on a set of input variables, comprising the steps of:

(a) setting up by an instructor (112) the experiment (118) at a central location;
(b) determining by the instructor (112) a tolerance band for each input variable of the experiment;
(c) restricting by the instructor (112) a range of each tolerance band determined in step (b);
(d) entering into the host computer (110) a program to run the experiment (118) set up in step (a) and the range of each tolerance band restricted in step (c);
(e) remotely accessing the experiment (118) by the client (122) using the remote computer (120);
and
(f) enabling the client (122) to conduct the experiment (118) and simultaneously limiting the client (122) to the range of each tolerance band restricted in step (c).

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A method of a client (122) to remotely conduct a laboratory experiment using a computer network (126) connected between a remote computer (120) having a web browser (214) and a host computer (110) having a server (224), the method comprising the steps of:

(a) locating structural components and systems of the experiment (118) at a central location;
(b) entering into the host computer (110) a program to run the structural components and systems of the experiment in which the program includes a plurality of input parameters (116) to stimulate the experiment (118);
(c) interfacing the server (224) of the host computer (110) to the program stimulating the experiment (118) at the central location;
(d) remotely accessing the experiment by the client using the web browser (214) in the remote computer (120) to access the server of the host computer;
(e) providing to the client from the server of the host computer (110) the plurality of input parameters to stimulate the experiment;
(f) selecting at least one of the plurality of input parameters on the web browser of the remote computer (120);
(g) enabling the client to perform the experiment at the central location in response to the input parameter selected in step (f);
and
(h) running the experiment at the central location using the program residing in the host computer (110) after enabling the client in step (g).

6 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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