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US 5,120,230 AGranted
Interactive method for the effective conveyance of information in the form of visual images
AssigneeOptical Data, Inc.
InventorsWilliam E. Clark, Elizabeth R. Paxton
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Abstract
An interactive method of effectively, and efficiently, conveying information which makes use of videodisc technology, along with associated printed material. Video images are stored on a videodisc, which images can be randomly accessed for display. The choice of which video images are displayed, or repeated, can be in response to the requests, or needs, of the recipient of the information.
Claims5
An educational method for conveying information from a teacher to a student via the interaction of the teacher, the student and a video display system, comprising the steps of:
- (a) activating a video storage device in which is stored a predetermined first portion of the information to be conveyed in a video format, the first portion comprising a plurality of video frames;
- (b) the teacher choosing a particular segment of the information to be conveyed in a video format in response to information requests from the student, by selectively accessing predetermined frames of the video format information for display on a video monitor;
- (c) the teacher presenting an oral narrative of a second portion of the information to be conveyed in conjunction with accessing and displaying frames of video information;
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- (d) modifying the step of selective access of predetermined frames of the video format information in response to information requests from the student.
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