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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 02, 1998
John C. C. McIlwaine, Roswell, GA (US);
Matthew G. A. McConnell, Duluth, GA (US);
Knowlagent, Inc., Alpharetta, GA (US);
Abstract
A recurrent training method comprising the steps of configuring a computer to provide training-related information on a particular subject to a user of the computer, presenting through a computer training-related information to the user of the computer during a first training session at a first time, and initiating subsequent training sessions at recurrent times thereafter under computer control. Upon initiation of the subsequent training sessions, either by presenting training-related information to the user or by prompting the user for approval to present training-related information, the training method interrupts the user's interaction with other on-going activities on the computer, thereby reminding the computer user, at various times, of the need to perform training and, at the user's discretion, providing the user with recurrent training through recurrent training sessions. The training method also enables the user of the computer to establish the recurrent times at which subsequent training sessions are initiated by the computer through allowing the user to define a period of time between the termination of a training session and the initiation of a subsequent training session. The training method additionally enables the computer to suppress the initiation of one or more subsequent training sessions upon direction, given prior to initiation, to the computer by the user in the form of a period of time during which the initiation of subsequent training sessions is to be suppressed by the computer.