System and method for coordinating the selection and delivery of educational services
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1. In a network, a method, comprising the steps of:
- providing an educational intermediary between at least one remotely located educational content provider offering educational content and at least one remotely located company, said educational intermediary being a software facility located on a host electronic device and acting as an interface between said company and said educational content provider;
listing educational content offerings from said educational content provider with said educational intermediary, said educational content offerings being educational content offered for delivery to a registered employee of said company; and
receiving a selection of one of said educational content offerings listed on said educational intermediary, said selection made by an employee of said company.
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Abstract
A method for the provision of educational services to trainees/company employees by educational content providers is disclosed. The illustrative embodiment of the present invention utilizes an application referred to as an educational intermediary to act as a conduit between the educational content provider and a trainee/company employeee. The educational intermediary provides real-time access to course offerings from a multitude of educational content providers from one centralized location.
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1. In a network, a method, comprising the steps of:
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providing an educational intermediary between at least one remotely located educational content provider offering educational content and at least one remotely located company, said educational intermediary being a software facility located on a host electronic device and acting as an interface between said company and said educational content provider;
listing educational content offerings from said educational content provider with said educational intermediary, said educational content offerings being educational content offered for delivery to a registered employee of said company; and
receiving a selection of one of said educational content offerings listed on said educational intermediary, said selection made by an employee of said company. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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16. In a network, a method, comprising the steps of:
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providing a software facility acting as an interface between at least one remotely located educational content provider offering educational content and a company, said software facility located on an electronic device operated by said company;
listing educational content offerings from said educational content provider on said electronic device using said software facility, said educational content offerings being educational content offered for delivery to employees of said company; and
receiving a selection of one of said educational content offerings with said software facility, said selection made by an employee of said company.
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22. In a network including a host electronic device, said host electronic device having a medium holding computer-executable instructions for a method, comprising the steps of:
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providing an educational intermediary between at least one remotely located educational content provider offering educational content and at least one remotely located company, said educational intermediary being a software facility located on a host electronic device and acting as an interface between said company and said educational content provider;
listing educational content offerings from said educational content provider with said educational intermediary, said educational content offerings being educational content offered for delivery to a registered employee of said company; and
receiving a selection of one of said educational content offerings listed on said educational intermediary, said selection made by an employee of said company. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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25. In a network, a method, comprising the steps of:
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providing an educational intermediary between at least one remotely located educational content provider offering educational content and at least one remotely located company, said educational intermediary being a software facility located on a host electronic device and acting as an interface between said company and said educational content provider;
listing educational content offerings from said educational content provider with said educational intermediary, said educational content offerings being educational content offered for delivery to a registered employee of said company;
receiving an RFP (Request For Proposal) for educational training from said company with said educational intermediary, said RFP including attributes for said educational training; and
providing to said company from said educational intermediary a response to said RFP from said educational content provider, said response being a listing of said educational content offerings matching the attributes of the RFP.
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