International Business Machines Corporation

Atrayee Roychowdhury

Krishna Kummamuru

Rema Ananthanarayanan

Natwar Modani

Parul Alok Mittal

Alok Aggarwal

Vipul Bansal

Rema Ananthanaratanan

Sreerama K Murthy

Satuloori Sridhar

Parul A Mittal

A system for implementing a virtual class and distance education via a computer network is disclosed. The process carried out by the system involves receiving signals from one or more instructor entities, the signals including lesson material designated as belonging to one or more interest groups. The lesson material is sent in advance to student entities listed in one or more of the interest groups to which the lesson material is designated as belonging. Signals from one or more student entities are received requesting admission to a particular class and instructions are sent to student entities to control the display and execution of the lesson material. Interaction amongst student entities, or between student entities and instructor entities, are facilitated and moderated.

Interactive multimedia virtual classes requiring small online network bandwidth

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New Delhi, India

Atrayee Roychowdhury