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U.S. Patent No. 7,299,067

U.S. Patent No. 7,299,067 (“Riggs”), which was filed on October 11, 2002 and claims an
October 12, 2001 priority date is directed to electronic training methods and systems using
remote electronic devices that comprises the identification, authentication, receiving, storage,
and access of student training data that includes student performance evaluations.
U.S. Patent No. 6,190,178 (“Oh”), filed on October 23, 1997 and claims an October 23,
1996 priority date, relates to an internet-based remote education method that includes receiving
and recording user test results, identifying and authenticating the user, evaluation of the user test
results, and storing the user test results and test result evaluations to provide learning directions
to the users.
U.S. Patent No. 5,002,491 (“Abrahamson”), filed on April 28, 1989 with no claimed
earlier priority date, relates to an interactive electronic classroom system that allows the use of
portable devices as student terminals, receiving and recording of student training data, student
identification and authentication, evaluation of the student training data, as well as the storage
and access of student training data and student training performance data, among others.
A sample claim chart comparing Riggs to Oh and Abrahamson is provided below.

US 7,299,067(“Riggs”) US 6,190,178 (“Oh”) US 5,002,491 (“Abrahamson”)

1.pre. 1. A method of
managing training
completed remotely at a
hand held device, said
method comprising the
step of:
Oh discloses that “[t]he present
invention relates to a remote
education method and apparatus
via an internet.” Oh at col. 1: 6-7.
Abrahamson discloses providing
“facilities for fully or partially
automating the giving and grading
of quizzes, class attendance
rollkeeping, grading of homework,
and other routine paperwork
associated with monitoring student
progress and recordkeeping.”
Abrahamson at col. 3:25-30.

Abrahamson also discloses that

student terminals “may be carried
by students as portable devices
with numerous possible ranges of
applications outside a classroom
context.” Id. at col. 3:46-48.

1.a. receiving at a training
server training data
transmitted to the training
server through a data
network from a user of a
hand held device,
Oh discloses that “[w]hen the test
is finished, remote education
execution unit 33 receives the test
data to evaluate the test results.”
Oh at col. 3:15-17.
Abrahamson discloses that the
invention provides “network
means for transmitting data
between said central computer and
said plurality of student terminals,
said data including said student

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the training data
representing training
taken by the user at hand
held device;
1.b. receiving identifying
information for the user
of a hand held device
concurrently with the
training data file;
identifying the user of the
hand held device;
Oh discloses that when the “user
connects PC 10 to a host on
internet 20,” the “[c]ontroller 32
requests the user name and
password of the user.” Oh at col.
2:39-42
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tasks and said responses; ….”
Abrahamson, claim 1.
Abrahamson also discloses that the
“types of information which might
be stored in the database would
include . . . tasks asked during
each class, and student responses
transmitted to the central
computer.” Id. at col. 5:7-11.
Abrahamson further discloses that
student terminals “may be carried
by students as portable devices
with numerous possible ranges of
applications outside a classroom
context.” Id. at col. 3:46-48.
Abrahamson discloses “a log-on
facility for students to identify
themselves personally, and by
classroom location, to the system;
….” Abrahamson at col. 4:67-68.
Abrahamson also discloses that
“[a]s with any commonly used log
on procedure, a password may be
employed such as (for example)
the last four digits of the student's
social security number.” Id. at col.
12:25-27.
1.c. authenticating the
identity of the user of the
hand held device by
requesting authentication
data from the user
and comparing the
authentication data with a
master user identification
template containing
authentication data
associated with the user
and accessible by the
training server
to determine if said
comparison authenticates
the user's identity as an
authorized trainee;
1.d. recording the training
data in memory
associated with the
training server;
1.e. locating at least one
training file contained
within the training data;
Oh discloses that “[c]ontroller 32
determines whether the input user
name and password are recorded
in a registered user list. If the user
is listed in the registered user list,
controller 32 transmits a remote
education home page to start a
remote education program.” Oh at
col. 2:42-46.
Oh discloses that the “remote
education result information is
individually stored and used for
measuring progress and managing
a next learning procedure.” Oh,
claim 5.
Oh also discloses that the
“[d]atabase management unit 34
stores each individual user's
remote education result
information in database 35, ….”
Oh at col. 3:26-27.
Oh discloses that the “[d]atabase
management unit 34 searches the
evaluation data corresponding to
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Abrahamson discloses that the
invention includes “logon means
for identifying the students
individually to the system by
personal identity and by location
in the classroom.” Abrahamson,
claim 1.
Abrahamson also discloses that a
“file of all student names is
maintained by the central
computer for each class” and
further discloses that “[a]s with
any commonly used log on
procedure, a password may be
employed such as (for example)
the last four digits of the student's
social security number.” Id. at col.
12:23-27.
Abrahamson discloses that “types
of information which might be
stored in the database would
include class records, student rolls,
questions, tests, or other tasks
asked during each class, and
student responses transmitted to
the central computer.”
Abrahamson at col. 5:7-17.
Abrahamson also discloses that
“[t]he actual repository may be
fixed media within the central
computer of the electronic
classroom system, or it may be
removable storage media which
may be transferred between the
classroom system and another
computer outside the
classroom....” Id. at col. 5:11-16.
Abrahamson discloses the
following:

1.f. determining status of
the training file by
comparing the training
file with an associated
master training template
accessible from memory
by the training server,
the status including a
determination if training
represented by the
training file meets a set
criterion including at least
one of: pending,
incomplete, failed,
passed; and
the learning data analysis results
from database 35 ....” Oh at col.
3:7-9.
Oh also discloses that the user
uses the evaluation page when the
user takes a test on the learned
contents. Oh at col. 3:14-15.
Oh discloses that “[w]hen the test
is finished, remote education
execution unit 33 receives the test
data to evaluate the test results.
Remote education execution unit
33 analyzes the evaluation results
and sets a learning direction based
on the evaluation results.” Oh at
col. 3:15-19.
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“. . . accessing files (or a data
bank) of previously prepared
materials, or creating a question
(in one of the above-mentioned
standard forms) on the fly.”
Abrahamson at col. 12:64-67.
“. . . recall information and
response data on previous
questions that have been
asked, . . .” Id. at col. 17:28-30.
“. . . facilities would allow a
teacher to examine student
responses further for a variety of
purposes.” Id. at col. 5:29-30.
“. . . search for weaknesses, or
strengths, in areas of
understanding for individual
students, or for the class as a
whole. They might include the
tracking of progress of individual
students, or the grouping of
students with particular
weaknesses or strengths.” Id. at
col. 5:31-36.
Abrahamson discloses that the
invention may be used to
“compare these with stored correct
answers and print or display
grades, and/or may review them
individually.” Abrahamson at col.
11:23-25.
Abrahamson discloses that “[t]he
system also may be used for
grading homework....”
Abrahamson at col. 11:18.
Abrahamson also discloses that the
invention includes the following:
“. . . facilities for fully or partially

1.h. recording training Oh discloses that “[t]he database
status in memory. management unit 34 receives the
remote education result
information, such as the evaluation
results
and the learning direction, from
remote education execution
unit 33 and stores them in
database 35.” Oh at col. 3:22-25.
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automating the giving and grading
of quizzes, class attendance
rollkeeping, grading of homework,
and other routine paperwork
associated with monitoring student
progress and recordkeeping.” Id. at
col. 3:25-30.
“. . . tracking of progress of
individual students, or the
grouping of students with
particular weaknesses or
strengths.” Id. at col. 5:34-36.
“. . . assessments of attendance,
class performance, homework
performance, or the assignment of
grades, possibly with automatic
facilities for grading the various
components of student
performance to a selectable
curve.” Id. at col. 5:36-40.
Abrahamson discloses that the
invention includes “facilities for
directly transmitting student
grades to administrative databases
via a network.” Abrahamson at
col. 5:41-42.
Abrahamson also discloses that
“[t]he types of information which
might be stored in the database
would include class records,
student rolls, questions, tests, or
other tasks asked during each
class, and student responses
transmitted to the central
computer.” Id. at col. 5:7-11.
Abrahamson further discloses that
“[t]he actual repository may be
fixed media within the central
computer of the electronic
classroom system, or it may be
 removable storage media which
may be transferred between the
classroom system and another
computer outside the
classroom....” Id. at col. 5:11-17.

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