System and method for monitoring and managing payments for educational content
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1. A method for monitoring and managing payments for educational content comprising:
- applying a fee schedule for pricing educational content;
recording the usage of educational content by one or more student clients; and
, determining appropriate payments to a plurality of content sources for usage of the educational content.
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Abstract
The present invention provides an improved system and method for managing the delivery and revenue associated with the access and delivery of educational content in a plural user operating environment such as a computer network. The invention provides a method and system which allows multiple users to access and pay for educational content in a variety of ways including in bulk, on a pay per view basis, or on a pay as you view basis. Likewise, the invention provides a method and system for reimbursing the author, owner, and supplier of the content accessed by the users as a variable function of student access to the content provided.
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1. A method for monitoring and managing payments for educational content comprising:
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applying a fee schedule for pricing educational content;
recording the usage of educational content by one or more student clients; and
,determining appropriate payments to a plurality of content sources for usage of the educational content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66)
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23. A computer program product for monitoring and managing payments for educational content comprising:
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first instructions for applying a fee schedule for pricing educational content;
second instructions for recording the usage of educational content by one or more student clients; and
third instructions for determining appropriate payments to a plurality of content sources for usage of the educational content.
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45. A system for monitoring and managing payments for educational content comprising:
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means for applying a fee schedule for pricing educational content;
means for recording the usage of educational content by one or more student clients; and
,means for determining appropriate payments to a plurality of content sources for usage of the educational content.
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