System and method of matching teachers with students to facilitate conducting online private instruction over a global network
First Claim
1. A method for facilitating private instruction over a network between a teacher and a student, comprising the steps of:
- receiving student profile information from each student who registers for a private course;
adding each student who registers for a private course to a list of students who are unassigned to a teacher;
enabling access to the list of students and the profile information of the students over the network by each teacher who is able to teach a private course; and
assigning one of the teachers capable of teaching a given private course to one of the students in the list of students enrolled in that given private course based upon the profile information of that student.
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Abstract
Described are a system and method for facilitating private instruction over a network between a teacher and a student. Profile information is received from each student who registers for a private course. Each student who registers for a private course is included in a list of students who are unassigned to a teacher. Each teacher who is able to teach a private course has access over the network to the list of students and the profile information of the students. One of the teachers who is able to teach a given private course is assigned to one of the students in the list of students enrolled in that given private course based upon the profile information of that student.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for facilitating private instruction over a network between a teacher and a student, comprising the steps of:
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receiving student profile information from each student who registers for a private course;
adding each student who registers for a private course to a list of students who are unassigned to a teacher;
enabling access to the list of students and the profile information of the students over the network by each teacher who is able to teach a private course; and
assigning one of the teachers capable of teaching a given private course to one of the students in the list of students enrolled in that given private course based upon the profile information of that student. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20)
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13. A server system for facilitating private instruction over a network between a teacher and a student, comprising:
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an input system receiving student profile information from each student who registers for a private course;
a queue listing students registered for a private course who are unassigned to a teacher, the queue of students and the profile information of the students being accessible over the network by each client system that is operated by a teacher who is able to teach a private course; and
software executing on the server system in communication with a client system over the network, the software assigning a teacher who is able to teach a given private course to one of the students in the queue of students registered in that given private course based upon the profile information of that student.
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18. An article of manufacture having computer-readable program means embodied thereon for facilitating private instruction over a network between a teacher and a student, the article of manufacture comprising:
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computer-readable program means for receiving student profile information from each student who registers for a private course;
computer-readable program means for adding each student who registers for a private course to a list of students who are unassigned to a teacher;
computer-readable program means for enabling access to the list of students and the profile information of the students over the network by each teacher who is able to teach a private course; and
computer-readable program means for assigning one of the teachers able to teach a given private course to one of the students in the list of students enrolled in that given private course based upon the profile information of that student.
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